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Re:$2 Test Identified Bird Shit as Cocaine. Cops Keep Using ... by edoo on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:23PM (#21364957)
"They’re often not admissible in court, which is why police have to order follow-up testing from a lab." - whoa so you can be arrested based on evidence that is known to be inadmissible in the first place.
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Re:$2 Test Identified Bird Shit as Cocaine. Cops Keep Using ... by Fjolsvith on Saturday October 26, 2019 @02:23PM (#21365318)
The test shows reasonable doubt of your innocence.
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Re:$2 Test Identified Bird Shit as Cocaine. Cops Keep Using ... by edoo on Saturday October 26, 2019 @03:40PM (#21365733)
But there is reasonable doubt of the test. That logic could have you arrested for being the false positive from an algorithm.
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Re:$2 Test Identified Bird Shit as Cocaine. Cops Keep Using ... by ceejayoz on Sunday October 27, 2019 @03:13PM (#21371759)
There's a "beyond a reasonable doubt" requirement for conviction, not arrests.
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