Re: The real probelm is a legal system that rewards illegality.
>Of course, if the evidence is illegally obtained, someone can still be punished for that even if the evidence is used.
Generally British courts take a more "lenient" view of illegal evidence than Americans who automatically throw out the case.
There is a drug gang case on here that was just thrown out because the police held the suspects for 6 hours without allowing them to talk to a lawyer. The police reason was that they are a drug gang and their lawyer is a drug gang lawyer so allowing them to call him would mean that every other gang member would be alerted before they could be arrested.
But if you allow this do you let the police interrogate some poor kid picked up with a joint for 6 hours , or 24 hours (or if they claim he is a terrorist 28days) without any rights ?