Supreme Court to hear major privacy case

  • 7 years ago
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could hold the fate for the privacy rights of citizen's countrywide. Justices have agreed to hear an appeal by a man convicted of armed robberies in Ohio and Michigan. The kicker? Law enforcement members used past cellphone location data to nab him without a warrant from a court. The case reaches the high court amid growing scrutiny of the surveillance practices of U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies The Supreme Court hasn't typically sided with law enforcement as they have twice ruled against them on issues concerning how criminal law applies to new technology

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