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Probably should have lawyered up. Illegally gathered evidence is supposed to be inadmissible in court. At least in the US.

People get off on murder charges because of this, like that lady that killed her infant but the cop searched her trunk without a warrant or probable cause. She obviously killed it, but the only evidence was inadmissible, so she walked.

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That's not technically true.

Evidence gathered in violation of a constitutional law is often inadmissible.

But if you look at situations in which police gathered evidence in violation of a statute (e.g. committed a felony that wasn't additionally a constitutional violation), then I could count on one hand the number of times evidence has been excluded in courts across the USA in the last 100 years.

source: I play a lawyer on TV. (not really)

Ugh, another reason to not trust the legal system. Sorry for your troubles.

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