Exclusionary Rule

The exclusionary rule is a rule that is used in the United States, which is stating the evidence that is illegally taken by police, and cannot be used in criminal trials. The rule is to protect the constitutional right. In the Fifth Amendment the exclusionary rule states that no one shall be made in a criminal trial case to be a witness against themselves, and that nobody shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without applying due process of law. The exclusionary rule is in the fourth amendment and is intended to protect people from searches that are illegal and seizures. To protect against self-incrimination and to protect people from prosecution from evidence gathered by the police that is very illegal and violates the Fifth Amendment. In the sixth amendment the exclusionary rule applies to the violations which make sure every citizen has the right to counsel. The exclusionary rule is used and applies to anyone who lives in the United States.

“The courts finally decided on the exclusionary rule, the rule that says that evidence illegally seized may not be used as evidence, as a means of enforcement. “We’re sorry" doesn't quite cut it. The courts gave as their rationale for the rule the concept of "unclean hands." If the courts, the symbol of our highest justice, use evidence they know to be illegally obtained, they condone through their use of the evidence the illegal action and they then find themselves with "unclean hands." (Hill)

In Weeks v. United States during it the exclusionary rule was brought up. In the case the court held that evidence that was taken by the police was illegally taken by police who is in violation of the fourth amendment and it couldn’t be used in court. In the exclusionary rule was extended to state courts, which is to help discourage police