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Yes. Note the important point though: it's based on the fact that a crime has other sources of evidence which would independently confirm a crime if they are found, which would be legal to pursue if they were discovered by other means.

i.e. the murder victim, the weapon and the security tape you buried in the local national park. The police might not find them, but they also don't need a search warrant to go looking.

Claiming you should for some reason be above the law entirely is absurd - the general point is to provide protection from stuff like "thought-crime" prosecutions, or at least a warning sign if that would otherwise be a thing.



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