In the You Decide 7.3, the United States Supreme Court held evidence that was seized by police which violated the Fourth Amendment. It is in violation of the Fourth Amendment because unreasonable searches should not be counted as evidence in a criminal court. The court then mentioned that the exclusionary rule is essential to protecting individual's Fourth Amendment for right of privacy and excludes tainted evidence from the courtroom (Lippman, 2015, p. 261). The critics of the exclusionary rule state that the rule hurts society, frustrates prosecutors, and has no effect on police officers. The You Decide also states that a better way to work around the exclusionary rule would be punishing the police officers and sue for damages. The exclusionary rule prohibits the use of illegally seized evidence in a criminal case. The issue is this You Decide is that should the exclusionary rule be in effect or should the court allow tainted evidence in a criminal case? …show more content…
In addition, individuals may not believe the court if they know that the evidence has a high chance of being tampered with (Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2015). The exclusionary rule protects individuals and makes sure that evidence is not illegally tampered with. On the other hand, the critics mention that the police officers should be trusted because they are professionals and should be able to use any evidence they find necessary in order to solve a criminal case. Critics also state that it is more difficult to convict an individual of a crime because of the exclusionary rule (Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2015). Some may even argue that the exclusionary rule protects the guilty and leaves the innocent people in the hot