“Unconstitutionally obtained evidence now goes in at trial " Gardai, DPP and Judges framing innocent people with unlawfully obtained evidence
“Unconstitutionally obtained evidence now goes in at trial " Gardai, DPP and Judges framing innocent people with unlawfully obtained evidence “Unconstitutionally obtained evidence now goes in at trial " "The net effect of this is that many defence solicitors and barristers say they no longer challenge evidence that might have been gathered in a way that violates human rights" https://www.iccl.ie/news/new-investigation-shows-gardai-can-violate-our-rights-with-no-repercussions/ “Ill-effects of change to law on evidence starting to manifest The decision of DPP v JC made dramatic changes to the Irish law on improperly obtained evidence, “Late Supreme Court judge Adrian Hardiman, who said of the ruling in 2015: “I consider it utterly unwise, to use no stronger word, to grant to the gardaí, in that context, the effective immunity from judicial oversight which this case does.” Lying gardaí There was a view of JC as an “easy out” and one that can “plug an awful lo