Re:Border Search of Electronic Devices – CBP Directive [pdf]
by paulsutter on Saturday January 06, 2018 @07:07PM
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I don't want to debate the meaning of the word "common", but given the number of Stingers in use, and their NDA prohibiting disclosure, I think it's naive to assume that parallel reconstruction is rare. And yes, that's just my opinion.
When the police find a guy carrying $500,000 in his car, do you really think that was random chance?
> That statement by itself is clearly false.
No the statement is true. Detectives act on hearsay evidence all the time (which is inadmissible). They use everything they know about a suspect to drive an investigation.
Inadmissible means only that it can't be presented in court. While a jury must ignore inadmissible evidence, police have no such requirement. Most of their work is outside the courtroom, the trial is just the presentation at the end.
When the police find a guy carrying $500,000 in his car, do you really think that was random chance?
> That statement by itself is clearly false.
No the statement is true. Detectives act on hearsay evidence all the time (which is inadmissible). They use everything they know about a suspect to drive an investigation.
Inadmissible means only that it can't be presented in court. While a jury must ignore inadmissible evidence, police have no such requirement. Most of their work is outside the courtroom, the trial is just the presentation at the end.