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exclusionary rule

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exclusionary rule
n.
A rule that forbids the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.
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Noun1.exclusionary ruleexclusionary rule - a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct
rule of evidence - (law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved


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With this in mind, the Court noted, "the exclusionary rule as we know it is an entirely American legal creation" and one that almost no other nation recognizes as a matter of domestic law.
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Part of the problem with the exclusionary rule is that it assumes that the Bill of Rights is focused on protecting the guilty rather than the innocent.
Reasonable Doubts by POMPER, STEPHEN / Washington Monthly
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