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Possibly the worst part: the courts ruled that what they did to him was unconstitutional (duh), but that it's perfectly OK to keep doing it to other people beca
by zb 13y ago
Possibly the worst part: the courts ruled that what they did to him was unconstitutional (duh), but that it's perfectly OK to keep doing it to other people because he already got his payout:
http://blogs.findlaw.com/ninth_circuit/2009/12/mayfield-v-us-no-07-35865.html http://blogs.findlaw.com/ninth_circuit/2009/12/mayfield-v-us...
- Zigurd 13y agoIf the individual agents and prosecutors were bonded for the purpose of funding liability like this, we would know the cost of liability up front, and it would make it difficult for the same individuals to be involved in many such cases. Making the government as a whole pay is too diffuse.