Uber Not Criminally Liable in Death of Woman Hit by Self-Driving Car

Re:Uber Not Criminally Liable in Death of Woman Hit by Self-... by EGreg on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:45PM (#19335163)

I have a question..

In criminal cases what happens with inadmissible evidence? Like fruit of poisonous tree doctrine... what if you literally have video proof and tons of other graphic proof of a murder, you really just ignore it and let the perp go back into society?

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Re:Uber Not Criminally Liable in Death of Woman Hit by Self-... by admax88q on Friday March 08, 2019 @12:06AM (#19335248)

There are exceptions to the doctrine for exactly the reasons you mention. The legal system isn't as insane as people like to make it out to be.

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Re:Uber Not Criminally Liable in Death of Woman Hit by Self-... by Rylinks on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:54PM (#19335191)

if you have tons of proof about a murder, it's almost certain to fall under one of the exceptions to the doctrine. e.g, if law enforcement would have discovered the evidence anyway, it is not excluded.

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Re:Uber Not Criminally Liable in Death of Woman Hit by Self-... by ghaff on Friday March 08, 2019 @12:01AM (#19335227)

In principle, it’s inadmissible. So, theoretically, yes. The perp just goes free. Not very common for a lot of reasons.

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