"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:36:45 -0500, "Vito" said:

Police believe it
perfectly legitimate to violate your rights so long as they don't need
your
"confession" to convict - ie if they can find enough other evidence based
on
your "confession" or their illegal search they're home free.

Wrong on the law again. Ever heard of "fruit of the poisoned tree?"

Oy! (look to heaven) Did I mention the law at all?

I took several college courses in criminal justice. Most of my classmates
were working LEOs. To a man, they believed it was OK for them to violate
your rights. The only deterrent was that evidence obtained thereby would be
tossed out. That belief hurt them on tests but they still believed it ....
kind of like some folks on the NG (c: