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NY Times Article Attempts to Undermine Exclusionary Rule

The exclusionary rule is one that says if the police violate the 4th amendment of the Constitution (against illegal searches and seizures), then the remedy is the exclusion of that evidence. Sounds simple, and drastic, enough.Practically speaking, it almost never happens. The exclusionary rule has been one which the police have used as their basis to fabricate probable cause over the last 50 years, not one which has overly restricted them in most areas they fight the most crime (note that the exclusionary rule has probably had great effect in wealthier neighborhoods where there is less crime - the police there are more afraid of the power of the residents to wreak havoc on them if they violate citizen rights there - there is little concern getting in trouble for violating rights in poor minority neighborhoods unless it's caught on camera)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Dude on July 18, 2008 (boomark / email).