] If a dog alerts and nothing is found, then cops will ] never record that as an error, but will claim that the ] dog detected lingering odors of contraband that were ] recently present. Cops will testify that dogs never make ] mistakes, never have and never will, and that apparent ] errors are skillful detections of lingering (residual) ] odors of contraband. Does our legal system really make smart decisions? If you can convict someone based on a dog barking with no physical evidence one wonders if the standard of reasonable doubt is really being upheld in our courts. |