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the right to remain silent and the search and seizure protections...
by cranberryturkey 3y ago
the right to remain silent and the search and seizure protections...
- meepmorp 3y agoNobody was compelled to give evidence against themselves. Fingerprints are external, physical features - it's no different than being made to give up a key to a locked door pursuant to a warrant. And parolees are released under supervision, with law enforcement having greater authority to search them and their property.
- cranberryturkey 3y agoexactly the police would need a warrant to unlock my phone, same as my front door.
- meepmorp 3y agoYou missed the bit about the guy in the story being in parole - parolees have fewer 4th amendment protections than other citizens, as a condition of their early release from prison. Different situations are different.
- torstenvl 3y agoYou think this violates "No person shall be . . . compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"? How so? What witnesseth a fingerprint?