[621] in libertarians
Re: Legislative Alert
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vernon Imrich)
Thu Feb 9 18:18:10 1995
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 18:16:40 EST
From: Vernon Imrich <vimrich@MIT.EDU>
|> The problem is not that illegally seized evidence is used in criminal
|> prosecution but that the persons violating the 4th ammendment are not
|> prosecuted. The Supreme Court, in its infinite wisdom, decided not to let
|> illegally siezed evidence be used at trial. Hence society loses by letting
|> a criminal go free.
So why aren't they putting forth a bill to punish officers who
break the 4th Amendment?
The fact is, that without the exclusionary steps in place now, it's
open season. It's trivial now to get a warrant. All you need is
the word of an "undisclosed informant."
We should all be very afraid if this passes.
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