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Cannot find the story now but there was situation where they sentenced woman for drug possession ONLY because dog indicated so, but they found no drugs on her o
by ozim 2y ago
Cannot find the story now but there was situation where they sentenced woman for drug possession ONLY because dog indicated so, but they found no drugs on her or in her car.
- jakelazaroff 2y agoDo you happen to remember if she was sentenced because she was convicted by a jury? I have very little faith in the U.S. justice system so I guess that wouldn’t surprise me, but it feels likelier that they used the K9 “evidence” to coerce her into accepting a plea bargain (which, to be clear, is also bad).
- ozim 2y agoApologies she was not convicted but was jailed - I misremembered and it was rather hard to find but as I see it should be this story: https://reason.com/2021/05/13/the-police-dog-who-cried-drugs-at-every-traffic-stop/ https://reason.com/2021/05/13/the-police-dog-who-cried-drugs...