Explain the purpose of the exclusionary rule and briefly list its exceptions and extensions.

What will be an ideal response?


Example should indicate that the exclusionary rule was created at the federal level in Weeks v. United States and applied to the states in Mapp v. Ohio. It rules that evidence obtained during an illegal search cannot be used at trial. The purpose of the rule is to deter police misconduct. The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine extend the rule to evidence discovered as the result of initial illegal police activity.

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