That said, there is something strange about the exclusionary rule. The idea is to deter illegal searches, at least partly for the benefit of people who haven't done anything wrong.
But the only case in which the exclusionary rule applies is when the cops find evidence of a crime -- they can kick in the doors of noncriminals right and left without stubbing their toes on it.
Theoretically, of course, there's the internal disciplinary procedures you reasonably mock, and the civil lawsuits which, upon occasion, have resulted in a whole dollar's worth of damages...
Well, some of us were saying that there would be some further fallout from not punishing the jackbooted BATF kittenstompers... pity we were right.
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Date: 2006-06-16 08:33 pm (UTC)But the only case in which the exclusionary rule applies is when the cops find evidence of a crime -- they can kick in the doors of noncriminals right and left without stubbing their toes on it.
Theoretically, of course, there's the internal disciplinary procedures you reasonably mock, and the civil lawsuits which, upon occasion, have resulted in a whole dollar's worth of damages...
Well, some of us were saying that there would be some further fallout from not punishing the jackbooted BATF kittenstompers... pity we were right.