A 'Barney Fife Exception' to the exclusionary rule?

A few items I'd blog about in more detail if I had more time:

• A 'Barney Fife Exception' to the exclusionary rule? See Crime and Consequences, Orin Kerr, and Simple Justice for details.

• Harris County Innocence Cases. From the Houston Press (Oct. 9): "Ronald Taylor Is One of Perhaps Hundreds of Innocent People Harris County Has Sent to Prison: Our local justice system would prefer to leave them there"

• Training police to handle mentally ill. From the San Antonio Express News (Oct. 9): "SA police to create mental health unit."

• More fines for no insurance. From the Houston Chronicle (10-3): "New system targets uninsured drivers." (When reading this, keep in mind that more than 10% of Texans already have outstanding arrest warrants, many of them because of high fines associated with no-insurance tickets. The fine-and-jail approach ignores more elegant and effective solutions.)