I don't have a lot of understanding of how the laws are worded and are to be interpreted so please correct any misunderstanding I may have. With this disclaimer, I have the following problem.
With this verdict, the two defendants become not guilty right? The way I see it, there were actually 2 "crimes". The people trafficing drugs and the police conducting an illegal search. To me, the trafficing drugs are still guilty of trafficing drugs. Just because the police used an illegal search does not make them not guilty.
If the police were to conduct the search on someone who was not trafficing drugs and they complained, I assume there would be punishment X. If ther conduct the search on someone trafficing drugs, I assume there would be punishment X and the person would be found not guilty. There shouldn't be a "bonus" given to someone breaking the law.
Looking at it from another angle, if I was to knock someone out and if when the police came they found outstanding warrents for the other guy I am assuming we would both be arrested. Me for assult and the other guy for whatever the warrent was for. He would not be released because I did something illegal that got him captured.
This is my understanding on how things work, if I am wrong, let me know.
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