Abstract Not one person can answer a question about the "exclusionary rule" until they know what is stated in the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment and the exclusionary rule go hand in hand. The Fourth Amendment was put into the constitution to limit on the actions of overzealous officers (Peak‚ 2006). Then‚ one must understand what is meant by "probable cause." Armed with this information‚ we can discuss the definition of the exclusionary rule and some of its history. Also‚ we will list some of
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been committed‚ do a search of a person’s property and confiscate any relevant evidence to the crime. the exclusionary rule is a rule that allows for the exclusion or suppression of evidence. This role prevents the government from using evidence in trial which was to be derived from an illegal search and seizure arrestor interrogation. There are several exceptions to the exclusionary rule that I have found and these are: 1. The good-faith exception-any evidence gained by law enforcement using a
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I am usually one of those people that believes in the law and that believes that rules are in place for a reason. I am well aware of the Exclusionary Rule and the Poisonous Fruit Doctrine however‚ these are two things that I don’t believe in. According to the Exclusionary Rule‚ any evidence obtained without a warrant or Constitutional justification needs to be excluded from any case records. (FindLaw‚ 2017). While the Poisonous Fruit Doctrine indicates that the court may exclude not only the evidence
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I find that the evidence would still be valid based on the “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule. The good faith exception states “that If officers had a reasonable‚ good-faith belief that they were acting per legal authority‚ such as by relying on a search warrant that is later found to have been legally defective‚ the illegally seized evidence is admissible” (Busby‚ 2009). The good faith exception was established by a 6-3 U.S Supreme court decision in the United States v. Leon 468 U
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further clarify the exclusionary rule in the justice system was the Davis v. The United States. The case regarded the admissibility of evidence obtained through unconstitutional searches and seizures derived from the fourth amendment. The implications for law enforcement and prosecution were also clarified by the exclusionary rule during the trial. Case Background Willie Davis was stopped by officers at a routine vehicle stop where he was asked for his name and decided to give a false name. Once the
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Should the exclusionary rule be abolished? My answer to that is no. The exclusionary rule is one of the fundamental ways the rights of the all people are protected. Mainly the rule is to protect you from police power. If the exclusionary rule was abolished you will more than likely see police brutality on the rise. Officer’s‚ Detectives‚ etc will cut corners and otherwise ignore the basic rights of the people they serve. If the rule was abolished we will see sometimes innocent people put in
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The Exclusionary Rule was put in place to prevent the government from using evidence that was gathered illegally in violation of the United States Constitution. Evidence that was obtained from an unreasonable search and seizure that violates the Fourth Amendment or Fifth Amendment are found admissible in court under the Exclusionary Rule‚ if no exceptions apply. The establishment of the Exclusionary Rule was due to the rulings of several Supreme Court cases where it was found unconstitutional for
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a warrant could then be used to convict a person on any number of charges. In the years since the exclusionary rule was enacted‚ the Supreme Court has loosened some of the restrictions that were originally imposed by the rule. They have created exceptions to the exclusionary rule that allow for certain specific instances of warrantless searches. Two of the major exceptions to the exclusionary rule are the good faith exception and the inevitable discovery exception. The good faith exception provides
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Three arguments Word critical argument analysis essay‚ focuses on three professional essays and how these authors construct their arguments using opinion and evidence. There are many different ways in which authors can construct their arguments. In the highly controversial topic of legalizing marijuana I found three very different styles of arguments in which the authors backed up their opinions with facts. In my reading of these arguments each writer had there own style. The first essay
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Basically the Exclusionary rule as set forth by the US Supreme Court states that any evidence obtained by police through search and seizure‚ arrest‚ interrogations and stop and frisk situations or any other evidence despite its relevance can be excluded as evidence. The Weeks v. United States was basically the origin of the Exclusionary Rule in 1914. In Weeks v United States Mrs‚ Weeks was arrested for shoplifting and attempted to get a note to her husband about this. Law enforcement went to the
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