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search and seizure stories: 7 news summaries

 Israel Captures Alleged 
 Iranian Arms Ship 

Smuggled weapons were headed for Hezbollah, Israel says

Nov 4, 09 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel has seized a cargo ship it says was being used to smuggle hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though the ship has been sequestered, Israel tells the BBC it does not believe the crew was aware of the operation, and that the weapons were... More »

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Iran • Israel • Lebanon • Hezbollah • Mediterranean Sea • search and seizure • weapons • arms smuggling

 High Court Skeptical 
 of Strip-Search Case 

And sounds skeptical

Apr 22, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Savana Redding’s lawyers made their case before the Supreme Court yesterday, condemning the strip-search of a 13-year-old in a hunt for ibuprofen as unreasonable search and seizure. But the justices were skeptical, the LA Times reports, with their questions indicating they were leery of limiting school officials’ powers... More »

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John Roberts • drugs • privacy • Stephen Breyer • search and seizure • strip search • US Supreme Court

Texas Cops Accused of Racist Highway Robbery

Black motorists given the choice of handing over property or facing felony charges

Mar 11, 09 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cops in a small Texas town are accused of seizing the property of innocent black motorists to pad their salaries, the Chicago Tribune reports. A federal lawsuit alleges that Tehana police have abused the state's asset-forfeiture law—intended to penalize drug-runners—to extort money and other valuables from out-of-town drivers... More »

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Texas • money laundering • search and seizure • highways • highway patrol • asset forfeiture

Supreme Court OKs Use of Illegally Obtained Evidence

5-4 vote along ideological lines aims to avoid criminals freed on mere technicalities

Jan 14, 09 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today ruled that evidence obtained in violation of the Constitution is admissible in court, Bloomberg reports, in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines. The court ruled that prosecutors could try an Alabama man who was found to be carrying methamphetamine and a pistol when he was accidentally... More »

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John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • search and seizure • US Supreme Court • evidence

Illegal Search Rule Faces
New Challenge

US is the only country to automatically reject unlawful evidence

Jul 19, 08 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 with the gravity of the... More »

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law enforcement • police • US Constitution • search and seizure • Fourth Amendment • US Supreme Court

 Should Cops Swipe
 DNA Without a Warrant? 

Lawyers say it violates privacy rights; cops say they're catching crooks

Apr 3, 08 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police didn’t need a search warrant to get a DNA sample from now-convicted murderer Altemio Sanchez—they just waited until he left a restaurant and confiscated his glass. That kind of sneaky DNA collection is going on across the country, and defense lawyers don’t like it, the More »

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crime • police • privacy • DNA • search and seizure • DNA evidence

Judge: Parts of Patriot Act Unconstitutional

Revised legislation violates separation of powers, 1st Amendment

Sep 6, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Patriot Act violates the Constitution by allowing unreasonable searches and seizures, violating separation of powers, and denying free speech, a federal judge ruled today in striking down parts of the revised legislation. Judge Victor Marrero said investigators must obtain court approval before ordering ISPs and phone companies to turn... More »

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Congress • FBI • privacy • ACLU • Patriot Act • US Constitution • civil liberties • search and seizure • constitutional law

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