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Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation by valar_m on Friday February 26, 2016 @05:46PM (#11184862)
The remedy for illegal search is that evidence obtained through the illegal search is excluded at the defendant's trial.[0] That's all you get.

In short, if this isn't punished, why won't it happen repeatedly?

It isn't punished, and it does happen repeatedly.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusionary_rule

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Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation by Godel_unicode on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:58PM (#11185504)
At least in law enforcement, the punishment comes in the form of being turned over for promotion and ultimately fired for wrecking the States case. It takes longer for some, but not make your numbers for long enough and you're fired.
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