knock bang

The other morning, I scanned over two related items (a news feed and a blog post on it). They both addressed the SCOTUS' finding in a Detroit man's case that seized items can not be stricken from a case's evidence simply because of illegal entry. Initially I thought of privacy and the ability to defend one's home, but didn't get that worked up over it, thinking that there's a small difference between police knocking, announcing themselves, waiting, and coming in with knocking, announcing, and coming in.

Then I read this, and got some more context, discovering how short-sighted I'd been three minutes earlier.

Then I read this and literally felt dismayed; my stomach actually sunk at the dread thought. Read the comments, too. Death by heart attack for the retired minister and a little girl growing up with a father on death row because of an increase in police acting like paramilitary teams.

On top of that, the Supreme Court misses the terrible eventualities. It's interesting watching the clashes between segments of ideology with this court - pro-business and law-enforcement have been used to trounce the other bastion of conservatism, property rights, yet there doesn't seem to be much outcry on either side.

Update: According to Reason, as of September 21, 2006, Cory Maye has been taken off death row, but remains in prison.