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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wikileaks "evidence" would not be allowed in a court of law. [View all]LeftInTX
(25,143 posts)63. I once turned over some evidence on my son
I was told it couldn't be used because it could have been planted. No charges were filed.
I think if I would have told the police about it and they searched him, then the evidence could have possibly been used, but even then, my son could have evoked a legal defense about his mom planting evidence.
(I was the mad mom who was upset that the school was not properly supervising my son. I went to the school, I checked his backpack and found all sorts of stuff. I brought it to the school's attention, they called the police etc. However, the school did start doing their job after that. My son had a tendency to get involved with the wrong kids and needed more supervision. I didn't want him to turn into a criminal)
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'Any illegally obtained evidence is considered poisoned fruit.' - That's not true.
PoliticAverse
Oct 2016
#2
An exception. The issue of concern was identified prior to obtaining documents. .
FarPoint
Oct 2016
#9
It's never been confirmed it was the Russians. I'm still waiting for confirmation.
JRLeft
Oct 2016
#27
Wikileaks doesn't have anything on Trump that is more controversial than the balls-out crazy shit
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2016
#62
Hey man, keep that shit to a dull roar. We're trying to kill the messenger here.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2016
#65