omg... I don't know whether items obtained by private citizens by breaking a law are admissible and I said so. But you have to wonder about chain of custody and the like. Seems like it would be too easy to get mismissed on grounds that there is no proof they are the defendant's. If they are admissible, I suspect that prosecutors would find it too embarrassing to prosecute using the items as evidence, unless the alleged offense something really egregious.
But in practice -- it's the police and the rest of the government you have to keep your eye on, because they are the ones with the power, much more than individuals usually have. Yanno? Remember how we discussed that father who sued Phelps? Phelps is not the government. I am guessing -- let's flag that again as a guess -- that a similar principle may apply. And before someone says again that I think it's ok to break the law -- NOT. And actually, why am I even still in this conversation? I know Sam does this on purpose. Laterz On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> that's not what I said, Sam. I said the police need a warrant. > > OK we're getting someplace. So only the police need a warrant, > everyone else can have at it if they find a crime and it's not > admissible in court. > >>> The the police can invade your privacy as long as they find something >>> illegal but don't use it in court? >> >> she was not on trial, Sam, that was a criminal case and the guy who >> changed her password was the defendant. > > She was, I posted the link yesterday. The Judge said she didn't break > any laws using her Yahoo email for business. > >>> She broke no laws according to the Judge. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
