I don’t believe so, since if the evidence is found to have been collected illegaly, that in and of itself is a separate legal issue, it does not affect the validity of the evidence.
The court may dismiss evidence as invalid however, but that is not an automatic result of how it was collected or handled.
It really depends on the wider situation. In US, the police is untouchable, so there would be no conviction for unlawful behavior. In the Scandinavian countries, the police is held at a high standard, so they would be investigated for the behavior and fairly punished for it, potentially losing their job over it.
It becomes something that can be manipulated: A group of police can raid a house, One is them is in the pocket of the owner to do something that makes it illegal. Now none of the findings are admissible. And the ruling class continues to get away with whatever they want
Fair, but it can also be used against the working class as a form of harassment.
Accepting illegally obtained evidence encourages illegal raids until evidence is found.
The Patriot Act is in the same vein as allowing illegally obtained evidence.
Nothing is black and white, I hadn’t considered how the pedophile class might benefit from our current laws. So thank you for sharing. This issue is grayer for me.
Does it not otherwise reward breaking rules to find evidence?
I don’t believe so, since if the evidence is found to have been collected illegaly, that in and of itself is a separate legal issue, it does not affect the validity of the evidence.
The court may dismiss evidence as invalid however, but that is not an automatic result of how it was collected or handled.
This kind of sentiment pages the way for authoritarian nanny states.
It really depends on the wider situation. In US, the police is untouchable, so there would be no conviction for unlawful behavior. In the Scandinavian countries, the police is held at a high standard, so they would be investigated for the behavior and fairly punished for it, potentially losing their job over it.
It becomes something that can be manipulated: A group of police can raid a house, One is them is in the pocket of the owner to do something that makes it illegal. Now none of the findings are admissible. And the ruling class continues to get away with whatever they want
Fair, but it can also be used against the working class as a form of harassment.
Accepting illegally obtained evidence encourages illegal raids until evidence is found.
The Patriot Act is in the same vein as allowing illegally obtained evidence.
Nothing is black and white, I hadn’t considered how the pedophile class might benefit from our current laws. So thank you for sharing. This issue is grayer for me.