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[larkeith]

Setting such a precedent would make an utter mockery of the 4th amendment.

[scotty79 → larkeith]

Ignoring solid evidence just because it was acquired illegally is mockery of justice, logic and common sense. If it was collected illegally then punish the person that did the illegal thing but do not discard the evidence.

[chatmasta → scotty79]

> mockery of justice

The “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree” doctrine [0] would disagree with you.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree

[scotty79 → chatmasta]

I know it's how things are in US. Some stupid thing someone came up with in 1920 stuck there. Not sure if any other country on the planet has such a silly rule.

If evidence is false or tampered with then by all means ignore it, but if it's solid it doesn't matter if it came out just because someone committed some additional crime.

[scottmf → scotty79]

Allowing illegal evidence would encourage illegal searches.

[scotty79 → scottmf]

If searches are illegal you can just punish those who commit them. Banning those people from working as policemen would be far better deterrent.