The exclusionary rule was developed:

A. to protect individual citizens from certain constitutional rights violations and to deter unlawful police misconduct.
B. to regulate the flow of information presented in a courtroom to find the historical facts of a legal debate.
C. because the courts mistrusted the jury and recognized that the jury has limitations with respect to what it can hear without being improperly swayed.
D. because principles of trustworthiness, reliability, and necessity were threatened.


Answer: A

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