Pubdate: Fri, 08 Feb 2008
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2008 The Province
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Steve Marshall

DON'T PENALIZE PUBLIC

The law in this case is to blame. If the police followed an improper 
procedure in how they "knocked" at a grow-op, penalize them and not 
the public by letting these goofs off.

That the cops may have entered improperly doesn't change the fact 
there were 704 pot plants in the house.

The proper decision should be that the police did something wrong and 
this will be dealt with separately -- but that the accused is still 
guilty of breaking the law.

If I killed someone and the police didn't knock properly, do I get off?

Steve Marshall, Vancouver
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom