[I still care]

I’ve always thought this thing about tossing evidence is just wrong. If someone has the drugs, they have the drugs. There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.

[microgood]

There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.

There is. Prosecute the cop for searching illegally. Throw him/her in prison. But since that will never happen, we need the exclusionary rule.

[Lurker]

There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.

How about we actually charge a few who engage in illegal searches under 18 USC 242 and toss them in jail for a decade or so.

Oh I forgot...these are cops we're talking about.

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[driftdiver]

“There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.”

There is, charge them with an illegal search if they don’t find drugs.