> Release the defendant: If this is judges decision, he can't be in court again for the same crime.
> Get a warrant for the arrest: Again? Isn't he released? As such, gov must not return laptop with backdoor either in hardware or software mode.
> Decrypt the laptop: Even if all above matched, you think he'd use the same laptop again? If he has a bit of brain, I think he wouldn't.
He hasn't been charged with a crime yet.
> "Again? Isn't he released? As such, gov must not return laptop with backdoor either in hardware or software mode."
Don't release him fully then. Release him on bail or some other form of conditional release.
> "Even if all above matched, you think he'd use the same laptop again? If he has a bit of brain, I think he wouldn't."
Admittedly this is the weakest part of the suggestion. It'd rely on the person being addicted to CP to impair his judgement.
> Release the defendant: If this is judges decision, he can't be in court again for the same crime.
> Get a warrant for the arrest: Again? Isn't he released? As such, gov must not return laptop with backdoor either in hardware or software mode.
> Decrypt the laptop: Even if all above matched, you think he'd use the same laptop again? If he has a bit of brain, I think he wouldn't.