PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) -- In the middle of Joshua Bush's forehead, two inches above his eyes, lies the evidence that prosecutors say could send the teenager to prison for attempted murder: a 9 mm bullet, lodged just under the skin.
Prosecutors say it will prove that Bush, 17, tried to kill the owner of a used-car lot after a robbery in July. And they have obtained a search warrant to extract the slug.
But Bush and his lawyer are fighting the removal, in a legal and medical oddity that raises questions about patient privacy and how far the government can go to solve crimes without running afoul of the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/21/teen.bullet.ap/index.htmlOK, it's somebody else named Bush, but I couldn't pass it up. Note they do have something in common: the bullet is lodged in "the soft, fatty tissue of his forehead", which Our Beloved Leader must certainly have in abundance, as there is none of the usual type of tissue there.