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Illegal Search Rule Faces New Challenge

US is the only country to automatically reject unlawful evidence

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 19, 2008 8:16 AM CDT

(Newser) – America is the only country in the world where evidence—even a carload of narcotics—is automatically suppressed if the police are found to have acted wrongly in acquiring it, writes the New York Times. Courts in other countries weigh the level of police misconduct...   Read full story »

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