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[–] [email protected] 161 points 3 days ago (5 children)

How insane would it be if he got off due to a technicality. Not holding my breath, but here's hoping.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Civil rights aren't a technicality. If he 'got off' it would be a victory for everyone who enjoys not being harassed by police.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On the flip side, if they illegally discover evidence but can prove an alternative, legal, way it could be discovered it becomes admissible. That's sometimes why they do it.

[–] SlothMama 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It has a word too, something like Alternative Reconstruction. I used to know the term.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

"parallel construction" or "evidence laundering"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

"buttering the goose"

[–] Kbobabob 86 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not really that insane. Cops are mostly useless and fuck shit up all the time.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mostly. Have a look at this chart to see their real impact.

[–] pyre 8 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Alec Baldwin got off because of screw-ups like this. Seems like when there's a high profile case, all the big shots who normally don't do any work all want to jump in and be involved. And then make stupid mistakes because they don't have any real experience because they're normally too important to work a case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I bet prosecutor fucked up on purpose lol

Good money to be made when you hook up a guy like that. That's how careers have been made.

[–] chiliedogg 4 points 2 days ago

It may be a great way for the state to avoid a "not guilty" verdict.

His getting off a technicality doesn't make it clear he has support.