Today, Hunter is joined by University of Utah law Professor, Matthew Tokson, to discuss his most recent law review article The Reality of the Good Faith Exception. For those unfamiliar with it, the good faith exception is a way that the courts have side stepped unconstitutional actions by police and prosecutors. Specifically, if a cop executes a search, but it later turns out that it was based on an illegal warrant, that will not matter so long as the officer acted in good faith. How can we so easily excuse violations of the Constitution and what does it mean for our right to privacy? The answers to those questions and more are found on this episode!

 

Guests: Matthew Tokson, Professor of Law, University of Utah

 

Resources:

US v Leon

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/468/897/

The Reality of the Good Faith Exception Article

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4414248

 

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