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Originally posted by Gattigap
I wondered about that too. I'm all for punishments to the police for illegal searches, but it sounds like a fine that wouldn't really deter action -- it would just be a cost of doing business that would be absorbed by the market. If you really want to get a presumed perpetrator, why not do an illegal search to get evidence, if all you have to do is pay a fine?
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Like many Americans you seem to forget there are other countries in the world. Other western nations seem to run fine without the exclusionary rule. Obviously the financial penalties do some good because there is no massive hue and cry against police abuse in Britain.
