Ars Technica reports about a case in Missouri that may have been dropped to law enforcement's use of Stingray:
A woman accused of being a getaway driver in a series of robberies in St. Louis has changed her plea from guilty to not guilty after finding out that a stingray was used in her case.
Wilqueda Lillard was originally set to testify against her three other co-defendants, whose charges were also dropped earlier this month. As a result of changing her plea, the local prosecutor dropped the charges against her on Monday.
Terence Niehoff, Lillard’s attorney, explained to Ars that she pleaded guilty before learning about the use of the stingray. When her co-defendants’ attorneys challenged a police detective during a deposition, and that officer refused to provide further information, the case was eventually dropped.
However, Lauren Trager, the spokeswoman for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office denied to Ars that the dropping was related:
I am unable to provide the information you requested. Despite the opinion of the defense attorney in this matter, the dismissal of the cases was not related in any way to any technology used in the investigation."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 02 2015, @10:26AM
Do you want criminals going free? No?
The problem these days is not so much criminals going free because they tend to get 6 warning shots in the back.
The problem is innocent people going to jail. *That* is the problem. And it likely affects you and me and everyone one this site because chances are, all of these people are innocent.