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Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitu... by dylan604 on Monday June 29, 2026 @04:05PM (#48724412)
Maybe this particular judge didn't for whatever reasoning, but judges definitely prevent a prosecutor from introducing evidence based on how it was collected. This is why concepts like "fruit of poisonous tree" and "parallel construction" exist.
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Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitu... by harimau777 on Monday June 29, 2026 @04:30PM (#48724759)
Doesn't parallel construcction mean that judges actually don't care how evidence was collected? They can't possibly care that much if they are fine with a fig leaf like parallel construction.
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Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitu... by sidewndr46 on Monday June 29, 2026 @09:21PM (#48727490)
Parallel construction means the judge doesn't know.
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Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitu... by NoGravitas on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @11:35AM (#48734236)
Or can at least plausibly pretend not to.
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Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitu... by sidewndr46 on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @01:08PM (#48750053)
I guess that is true, although you'd be hard pressed to prove that. I don't think any court would hear a complaint about a lower court or adjacent court having participated willingly in parallel construction.
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Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitu... by Spooky23 on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:46PM (#48728287)
No.

Parallel construction means they have an illegal bugging device in the courthouse bathroom, and use a conversation that you have with your attorney to identify a witness. Then they independently arrest the witness for something and pressure them to testify.

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Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitu... by superxpro12 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @10:42AM (#48733384)
Basically... yeah.

It's using illegally obtained evidence (like an NSA wiretap) to point the detectives in the right direction they would have otherwise never probabilistic-ly searched.

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