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Because otherwise there would be little incentive for cops to follow the 4th amendment.


Are there really no other juridicial consequences for breaking what I understand to be a constitutional law?

Perhaps there need to be. Perhaps consequences much more severe than letting a criminal walk free.


But who would enforce those consequences? The same cops who benefit from the illegal evidence?


No, of course not. Separate policemen who specialize in this. It's not different from any other police misconduct.


What happens if you get public pressure to cut their funding because the are seen to be hindering?




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