exclusionary rule
noun
: a legal rule that bars unlawfully obtained evidence from being used in court proceedings
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An earlier case had ruled that the exclusionary rule does not apply to mistakes made by the judicial officers who maintain the warrant databases regularly used by police officers making stops.
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WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
For example, the American Civil Liberties Union was successful convincing the court to apply the exclusionary rule to the states in Mapp v. Ohio in 1961.
—Paul M. Collins, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
Subsequently, conservative Supreme Court justices have followed conservative groups’ arguments by carving out numerous exceptions to the exclusionary rule.
—Paul M. Collins, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
Under a principle known as the exclusionary rule, evidence uncovered using an invalid search warrant is excluded from trial.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2020
The law allows a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule in some cases where police rely on a warrant that later proves defective.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2020
In 2009, four years after Rehnquist died, the court did not overturn the exclusionary rule but came close.
—David G. Savage, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
Unless, of course, the left can nullify the exclusionary rule.
—WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
The court further holds that there is no basis not to apply the exclusionary rule in this case.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2018
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WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
For example, the American Civil Liberties Union was successful convincing the court to apply the exclusionary rule to the states in Mapp v. Ohio in 1961.
—Paul M. Collins, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
Subsequently, conservative Supreme Court justices have followed conservative groups’ arguments by carving out numerous exceptions to the exclusionary rule.
—Paul M. Collins, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
Under a principle known as the exclusionary rule, evidence uncovered using an invalid search warrant is excluded from trial.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2020
The law allows a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule in some cases where police rely on a warrant that later proves defective.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2020
In 2009, four years after Rehnquist died, the court did not overturn the exclusionary rule but came close.
—David G. Savage, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
Unless, of course, the left can nullify the exclusionary rule.
—WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
The court further holds that there is no basis not to apply the exclusionary rule in this case.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2018
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