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IP: Michigan cops get to search homes without revealing why
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:15:51 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> -- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:00:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Naomi Lopez Bauman <naomi_lopez_bauman () yahoo com> Subject: Home Searches in Michigan To: politech () politechbot com http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3936063&BRD=982&PAG=461&dept_id=46 7992&rfi=6 April 24, 2002 The state Legislature has given police power to search your home without telling you why. Two new laws, which took effect Monday as part of anti-terror efforts, also shield from public scrutiny the reasons for police searches. Defense lawyers and civil libertarians are outraged at the laws, which make search warrants and supporting documents such as affidavits non-public records. "If you think the police did secretive work before, just wait," defense attorney William Cataldo said. "It gives more power to the ignorant and more power to those who would take your rights." Defense lawyer Walter Piszczatowski said: "This is nuts, this is beyond nuts. "What happened to the Fourth Amendment? We're living in a police state." That means the public, the press, and in some cases even the person accused of the crime, can't know why the police entered a home without permission. [...] ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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