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From: sts@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stanley T Shebs)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Star Chambers and the police
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Date: Mon, 15-Aug-83 18:57:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 15 18:57:25 1983
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Sounds good (punishing officers for civil-rights violations, rather
than discarding evidence)

Now, why isn't it done that way?  All I can think of is that the
civil rights (as currently defined) are so extensive and detailed
that violations are not uncommon, and the police force *would* all
end up suspended, etc.  After all, police officers *do* want to
get convictions, presumably just about as much as they want to keep
their job.  I don't see where the extra deterrent is.

					stan the leprechaun hacker
					ssc-vax!sts (soon utah-cs)