I am pretty sure I was the one who pondered about evidence obtained illegally, but not by police.
I said I did nto think it would be used, but would not be surprised if it had been tried before. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:317354 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
