exclusionary rule

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of exclusionary rule

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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exclusionary rule

Finally, after finding that police violated the state constitution, Scott considered whether two well-known exceptions to the exclusionary rule, independent source and inevitable discovery, should apply to “save” the evidence recovered against Scott.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2023

Justice Kennedy was in the majority after indicating earlier that he was unwilling to overturn the entire exclusionary rule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2018

And Akhil, you don’t accept the constitutional validity of the exclusionary rule at all.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2016

To meet that problem, the Supreme Court has adopted, and is still refining, the exclusionary rule.

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 Corwin, Edward Samuel