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exclusionary rule

American  

noun

  1. a rule that forbids the introduction of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.


Etymology

Origin of exclusionary rule

First recorded in 1955–60

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In 2009, four years after Rehnquist died, the court did not overturn the exclusionary rule but came close.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2018

Crime victims are hurt by the exclusionary rule, and needlessly so.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2016

If the cops know you are innocent, the exclusionary rule is no help.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2016

The exclusionary rule was finally extended to the States in Mapp v.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2016

The Court has intimated recently that the federal exclusionary rule is not a command of the Fourth Amendment, but merely a judicially created rule of evidence which Congress could overrule.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin

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