Search Warrants

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that, in the United States, to search private property in their criminal investigations, the police are normally required to have a written search warrant. The author points out the very strict guidelines for search warrants, which were created to protect individual citizens from unwarranted abuses by the police and the justice system. The paper states that the hysterical reaction of the authorities and society to the events of 9/11 has resulted in a significant change regarding the criminal justice system and its rules so that searches, warrants and their concomitant rules have become flexible and arbitrary.

Table of Contents:
Requirements and Procedures
Exceptions
Additional Types of Search Warrants
9/11 Issues and Concerns

From the Paper:

"Blood samples are normally required in situations where endangerment is caused by an over-indulgence in substances such as drugs or alcohol. Driving under the influence, for example, is such a situation. Surreptitious surveillance is also an issue that is under the control of courts and would be a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms if conduced without a warrant. As will be seen, this has become an extremely controversial issue in the United States."

Sample of Sources Used:

• NBC News. "FBI Seeks Expanded Search Powers." April 5, 2005. www.msnbc.com
• The New Orleans Channel. "Court Opens Door to Searches without Warrants." March 29, 2004. www.TheNewOrleansChannel.com
• Wikipedia. "Search Warrant". 2006. www.wikipedia.com

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