May 26th, 2009

Police return electronic gear to BC student

By Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe

State police have returned electronics gear belonging to a Boston College computer science student, after a state supreme court judge last week threw out a search warrant that had led to its confiscation...

The ruling drew praise from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an Internet civil liberties organization that assisted in Calixte's defense.

"We're grateful that the court was able to see through the commonwealth's smokescreen and rectify this mistake," said the foundation's civil liberties director Jennifer Granick.

Related Issues: Coders' Rights ProjectPrivacy

Related Cases: In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)

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