Supreme Court rules on GPS, search warrants


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Updated: 1/23/2012 11:40 am Published: 1/23/2012 11:38 am


The Supreme Court ruled police cannot use GPS to track criminal suspects without a search warrant.

An appeals court overturned Washington D.C. nightclub owner Antoine Jones’ life sentence. .In Jones case, police installed a GPS device on his vehicle without a search warrant and tracked his movements for a month and linked him to a suburban house where he stashed money and drugs.

The Supreme Court agreed with the appeals courts decision.

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papa g - 2/13/2012 4:12 PM
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This is ot a matter of criminals having rights, it's about everone rights. The cops just need to get a judge to issue a search warrant. Question is why didn't the cops get a search warrant. Judges do it all the time. We are losing more of our rights ever day. Look what the WH did with birth control to our insurance companies, Obama care, and all the regulations that Obama has put on the backs of business that many can not afford, so they don't hire;therefore, slowing down the economy. Just prepare because Obama is spending more money than is coming in. 2012 will be the telling point.

Shane - 1/23/2012 1:32 PM
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That figures giving the criminals even more rights than us. I never ever worried before but Tulsa has turned into a crime infested city..Come on now its getting to the point where these idiots are murdering just for the fun of it..I think all Felony offenders should have lifetime monitoring

Unwashed Mass - 1/23/2012 1:16 PM
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"Pinging" cell phones also requires a warrant, but police do it every day without one. They just go to a website and type in the number they want to track.
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