Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Horror

Criminologist unhappy with Scalia's misuse of his research.

A report on NPR made clear that most leading cops are pretty unhappy with the evisceration of the exclusionary rule. It wasn't really hampering investigations, and the clarity made training and establishing proper procedures fairly simple.

The idea that civil suits are a reasonable remedy to civil rights violations is ridiculous. "Yes, members of the jury, my client was convicted of 1st degree murder, but we nonetheless ask that the police department be forced to pay compensation for the violation of his rights..." uh-huh.