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Absolutely, but, Canadian law would absolutely allow illegally-collected evidence. The trial against the officer invading the defendant's privacy is a separate
by freeone3000 4y ago
Absolutely, but, Canadian law would absolutely allow illegally-collected evidence. The trial against the officer invading the defendant's privacy is a separate matter; the goal of a trial is to determine the truth of matters, after all, and if the defendant did kill someone, all evidence to support (or refute) that is generally admissible.
- endtime 4y agoNitpicking the details of the example isn't really a reputation of the more general point, though.
- freeone3000 4y agoThe details are the entire thing! The principles that we should have fair trials due process are followed, but, you end up with wildly different conclusions.
- google234123 4y agoFrom what I can tell, Canada is somewhere in between complete exclusionary and inclusionary rules wrt illegally obtained evidence.
- didibus 4y agoThis makes so much more sense lol. I think this is a good example of people accepting certain things at face value and never stop to think about it.
- msla 4y agoSo what makes the state follow the rules of evidence? Anything?