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I wonder if this could be considered a case of exigent circumstances? [0] The exigent circumstances exception can be invoked "to forestall the imminent escape o
by eurleif 12y ago
I wonder if this could be considered a case of exigent circumstances? [0] The exigent circumstances exception can be invoked "to forestall the imminent escape of a suspect, or destruction of evidence". Arguably, that's what this was -- Silk Road had a security flaw that could be fixed at any moment, and the FBI may have felt they needed to act quickly to obtain evidence before the security flaw was fixed.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exigent_circumstance_in_United_States_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exigent_circumstance_in_United...
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- Donzo 12y agoWell, they were also committing criminal activity in "plain view" so to speak.