What implications does this have for those who may have been convicted of a felony based on those 40,000 violations?
Scary thought that chances are... of those truly guilty and convicted, there's at least one or a few who committed a heinous crime and could now walk from illegal/improper police work. That's just as scary as violating other's rights and wrongful convictions.
> [criminals going free is] just as scary as violating other's rights and wrongful convictions.
I disagree. There will always be evil in the world; one criminal more or less is a drop in the bucket. What truly hurts a nation is when innocent citizens cannot be sure that their innocence will protect them from their own legal system.
Scary thought that chances are... of those truly guilty and convicted, there's at least one or a few who committed a heinous crime and could now walk from illegal/improper police work. That's just as scary as violating other's rights and wrongful convictions.
Another loss for liberty and safety.