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To: Rule of Law
Would any sane person have voted to ratify a Constitution that says the murderer gets to go free because some cop didn't follow some technicality?

Actually, they did.

46 posted on 04/12/2002 10:05:59 AM PDT by ctdonath2
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To: ctdonath2
Actually, they did.

No they didn't. That's the point. The exclusionary rule is an invention of the judges. It wasn't inventied until the early 1900's. It wasn't applied to the states until 1949.

Many believe that it should be abolished. That includes the current Chief Justice.

When you think of it, they're right. Who does the exclusionary rule punish? The cops? No. It punishes the ordinary, law-abiding citizen because it turns criminals back on the street to commit more crimes.

52 posted on 04/12/2002 10:18:37 AM PDT by Rule of Law
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