Calling it “unconstitutional,” the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a law that allowed police to start wiretapping… without a warrant.
The ruling stems from a 2006 Metro Vancouver case, in which six men were found guilty of kidnapping.
A BC Supreme Court judge convicted the six, even though he agreed with a defence argument the wiretap evidence violated the kidnappers’ charter rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
At issue was the fact the RCMP started wiretapping up to 24 hours before receiving a warrant.
Lawyers wanted clarity on the law, so the case went before Canada’s highest court.
This morning, the Supreme Court judges struck it down, and are giving Parliament one year to re-write the legislation.
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