Re:Marion County atty withdraws search warrant against Kansa...
by plagiarist on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @03:01PM
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If there is rubber-stamping behavior going on, that's inappropriate. Prosecuting cases that are flagrant violations of rights might help curtail the practice.
Apparently the court responded that there was no probable cause whatsoever backing the warrant. That should never happen to even a multiple drug deal offender, let alone a news publication.
Normally I'm wary of "judge didn't do what I like that's bad" kind of discussion. But even with the virtual auto stamping of warrants for police that happens, that warrant deserved a lot of scrutiny by a judge paying attention. Of all the things the judge should have been the first layer of serious scrutiny after the county attorney made bad choices.