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Yes, Virginia, there is an exclusionary rule

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. "Some of my little friends say there is no exclusionary rule. "Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.' "Please tell me the truth; is there an exclusionary rule? "VIRGINIA O'HANLON. "115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET." VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be judges’ or policemen's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on December 25, 2009 (boomark / email).