Chapter Thirty-Two Storming the Castle

“The house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury

and violence as for his repose.”

—Sir Edward Coke, Semayne’s Case

“The right of the people to be secure in persons,

houses, papers . . . against unreasonable searches . . . shall not be violated.”

—Fourth Amendment

It was a quiet Friday evening in St. Paul, Minnesota in November of 1983. November 11th—Veteran’s Day. The Creighton family, Robert and Sarisse, and their two young daughters, Shaunda and Tiffany, were watching television. Their home was on West Minnehaha Street, w...

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