Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is “total mess,” may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

    • APassenger@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      You’re right. I know your response may seem implausible, but prosecutors have fought against the release of known innocent people.

      It’s not even that they’ll try to get a win. It’s that they can refuse to simply honor justice in its most fundamental forms.

    • prole@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Cops have also been known to use “parallel construction” in order to launder evidence that would otherwise be considered inadmissible. It’s fucked.