From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 03:46:03 MDT
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> ### Not really. The lawyers on this list might comment more but as far as I
> know laws which are not enforced cannot be arbitrarily used, and it's
> possible to get a court to throw the case out. This is why cops cannot
That would be a bit hard to prove. Let's say you've been carrying 20 k$
cash on you when crossing state borders. The cops confiscate that as drug
money. (Happens now and then). You'll never going to see it again.
How are you going to prove that this is not selectively enforced? How are
you going to prove a negative?
> ticket you for driving 56 miles in a 55 mile zone, unless they can prove
> they ticket everybody the same way.
No. You're going to court (got legal insurance?) against a large
institution. The cops always cover for each other. Who's going to cover
for you? Do you know who passed by the radar, how fast, and how many they
did ticket, and how many they could have ticketed during the time? Do you
think they keep logs? Knows the judge? Jury?
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