Sheriff’s Office shared license plate reader data with law enforcement in states that passed laws banning abortion, including Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas

  • fubo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    To be clear: the story is that the sheriff of the state capital is openly violating state law.

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      1 year ago

      Wouldn’t this mean the evidence is gathered illegally, potentially doing more harm than good for the state prosecutors?

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think they’ll care too much about process violations in those states.

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          1 year ago

          Generally speaking, prosecutors care a lot about shit that’ll tank their case.

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          But superior courts should. It will be a long and drawn out appeals process but there’s no way a reasonable judge will look at the circumstances and side with prosecution.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah, there’s definitely a lack of those in the US. The Supreme Court has shown they don’t care about standing any more, I’m sure process is the next thing they’ll ignore to get a favourable outcome.

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      Sounds like a !@#$ty thing to do to people you don’t know, not to mention an abuse of power.