Recently, the Supreme court ruled that evidence against a man could not be excluded because the evidence was obtained in a bad search. In this case, the suspect was pulled over because the arresting officer had been told--erroneously--that there was a warrant for the suspect's arrest outstanding.
It was, according to the police, a computer error. An innocent mistake.
An. Innocent. Mistake.
Huh.
So. I'm sure the proof was there. I'm sure the evidence was secure. I'm sure all the ducks were in a row.
This time.
The U.S. Supreme court, under the command of an ultra-conservative chief justice, has just set this country on a rocket sled down the slippery slope towards a police state.
How long before there are more "innocent mistakes"? How long before more "computer errors" happen? How long before the requirement of a search warrant is dropped altogether?
Think it will never happen? I'll bet you never thought the rules against evidence obtained illegally would be dropped...
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