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Re:A man who was jailed on the fantasy evidence of a single ... by cmdkeen on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @03:18PM (#9773847)
In a legal context there is the concept of a "fishing expedition" which is more of a looking for evidence when there isn't sufficient underlying evidence to justify the intrusive methods being asked for.
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Re:A man who was jailed on the fantasy evidence of a single ... by kbenson on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @03:46PM (#9774022)
Ah, you meant "existing evidence" as in "currently existing evidence", while I interpreted it as "there exists evidence".
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