1.   Chen and his fellow scholars explored the exclusion of illegally seized evidence and the right to silence during a police interrogation at law center workshops.

2.   Extensive rules, for instance, generally bar the use in civilian trials of illegally seized evidence.

3.   Legally seized evidence can then be used at a criminal trial.

4.   Seized evidence ranges from designer clothing to advanced avionics equipment.

5.   The court also agreed to decide whether parole officials can use illegally seized evidence as grounds for revoking parole.

6.   A House committee approved measures Friday that would require criminals to compensate their victims and allow unlawfully seized evidence to be considered in more instances.

7.   However, no suspects were caught, and the seized evidence was not presented to the press, as is often the case with major cases.