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| | Knowledge Base: Private Remedy in Tort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | If, however, the illegal seizure is undertaken by a private citizen, acting on her own, the judicial remedy of exclusion of the evidence is not available. |
 | | In other words, if a private citizen is pursuing a private interest, the appropriate remedy at law for any tortious conduct, including illegal search and seizure, is a civil suit for damages. |
 | | This remedy is inadequate from the defendant's perspective, if the result of the illegal search and seizure is a criminal prosecution, because money damages will not prevent conviction. |
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