Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1979
Abstract
Can we live with the so-called exclusionary rule, which bars the use of illegally gained evidence in criminal trials? Can the Fourth Amendment live without it? A growing number of lawyers and judges, including Chief Justice Warren Burger, have called for abandonment of the rule, usually on the ground that it has not prevented illegal searches and seizures and on the ground that the rule has contributed significantly to the increase in crime. No one has convincingly demonstrated a causal link between the high rate of crime in America and the exclusionary rule, and I do not believe that any persuasive evidence of such a relationship exists.
Recommended Citation
Kamisar, Yale. "Exclusionary Rule: Reasonable Remarks on Unreasonable Search and Seizure." Student Law. 8 (1979): 54-5.
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