Ahuva Zucker

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Most motor vehicles these days either come equipped or are used with GPS navigation systems. They come in handy in many situations, such as getting to an unfamiliar destination or finding a quicker route. The problem, however, with most GPS navigation systems is that they don’t provide analysis regarding problem [traffic] areas, like which routes are undesirable at [...]

GPS Tracking May Allow Minor Offenders to Walk

by Ahuva Zucker on August 20, 2010

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There are many ways to break the law, most of which lead a criminal straight to prison. White-collar and non-violent crimes are just as rampant, if not more so, than violent crimes, and yet we choose to punish the offenders the same way: by confining them in dingy prisons controlled by the government. Do carjackers [...]

It has come up in many a court whether or not tracking a suspect with a GPS tracker is legal. Is it a breach of the fourth amendment? Is a tracker a form of “unreasonable searches”? Need it be dependent on a warrant “upon probable cause supported by Oath or affirmation”? Is it in violation [...]