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Originally Posted by Hektore
where the case is tossed out on technicality. For instance letting the person walk because of an officer's failure to obtain a warrant. While (I think and please don't go there in this thread) it's necessary to keep the justice system honest, I couldn't let it go if the guilty party was known to me and unpunished.
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that's very rare, even without the legislation that was put in place to keep it to a minimum. but it's an effective dramatic device, so the tv-smiths use it a lot.