'Tower dump' warrants ruled unconstitutional
First publishedAug 6, 14:18 UTC
Last updatedAug 6, 16:33 UTC · 7m ago
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A federal judge in Mississippi ruled on Wednesday that so-called “tower dump” warrants are unconstitutional, declining to reverse a lower court decision refusing the government’s request to obtain the search warrants in a series of violent crime investigations. A “tower dump” involves cell phone companies providing law enforcement with access to the time and...
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- A federal judge in Mississippi ruled on Wednesday that so-called “tower dump” warrants are unconstitutional, declining to reverse a lower court decision refusing the government’s request to obtain the search warrants in a series of violent crime investigations. A “tower dump” involves cell phone companies providing law enforcement with access to the time and...
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