Why Do We Give Constitutional Rights to Criminal Defendants?

Published: Oct. 4, 2015, 1 p.m.

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This week\'s episode is in response to an email we received in response to the "When Can Police Search Your Car Episode", which addressed reasons why giving police too much discretion to invade privacy has practical consequences.\\xa0 Going off that point, Brett and Nazim explain why the criminal justice system has significant punishments against the State when a person\'s Constitutional rights are violated, and use the cases of Arizona v. Youngblood, a current case before the Supreme Court Luis v. U.S., and a recent incident with the Delaware crime lab to show how the law forces the Court to decide between letting guilty people go free to protect against imprisoning innocent people.

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