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Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by coldtea on Monday August 08, 2016 @05:38AM (#12246469)
>While I agree that it's painful seeing evidence thrown out for procedural reasons, there is certainly logic behind it, as it provides a check on the power of the police. It may well be the lesser evil (as intended). Simply disciplining an officer who doesn't follow procedure may not be sufficient incentive to prevent people's rights from being ignored.

Then escalate that punishment as needed, still without throwing out evidence? E.g. fire the officer outright, don't just "discipline" him, and impose a penalty to his whole department.

Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by adiabatty on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:16AM (#12248407)
Keep in mind the judiciary doesn’t directly control the police, including hiring/firing decisions; it can only really control what goes on inside of the courtroom. The exclusionary rule[1] is kind of weird, but nobody’s figured out a different, noticeably better way to protect against unlawful search and seizure that works in the States.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapp_v._Ohio

Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by 1123581321 on Monday August 08, 2016 @06:02AM (#12246538)
Evidence is processed correctly almost every time. This suggests that inadmissibility is already an effective penalty.
Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by coldtea on Monday August 08, 2016 @12:10PM (#12248843)
We weren't discussing whether inadmissibility is an effective penalty or not though.

What we where discussing was if inadmissibility is good for serving justice (as opposed to serving as a guard against illegally obtaining evidence, and if so, whether we can abolish inadmissibility and use other, equally capable guards against illegally obtaining evidence).

Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by posterboy on Monday August 08, 2016 @06:39AM (#12246680)
Read the whole comment before posting, please.
Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by coldtea on Monday August 08, 2016 @12:11PM (#12248856)
I've read the whole comment before posting.

If you think someone missed something from the comment he was responding, say what that was, instead of posting zero-content critiques please.

Re:Video of Valley Mogul Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times Co... by posterboy on Monday August 08, 2016 @02:02PM (#12249665)
There's the latter two third of the grand parent comment that completely counters your comment.