WaPo: N.Y. search warrant case shows why we need the Exclusionary Rule

WaPo: N.Y. search warrant case shows why we need the Exclusionary Rule by Radley Balko:

The New York Post and the head of a New York City police union are upset that an accused drug dealer with a prior record may walk due to “a technicality.”

Judge Jack Weinstein voided evidence against Shakeel “Blam” Wiggins last week because an NYPD cop didn’t properly fill out a search-warrant application that turned up the weapon as well as a handgun and a cocaine cache last September, court papers say.

The ruling will likely allow Wiggins, a prior felon, to walk . . .

Technicalities? There are no technicalities. Treatise § 2.01(1).