Question

Briefly explain the exclusionary rule and two important exceptions to it

Answer 1

The exclusionary rules states that evidence seized as a product of unlawful activities by police, absent certain exception would not be admissible in court. In Federal law exclusionary rule is a legal rule in United States constitutional law that states the evidence analyzed or collected that violates the constitutional rights of the defendants should be prevented and may not be used in court. Two exceptions to the exclusionary rule are "inevitable discovery", and "independent source". The inevitable discovery allows admission of evidence of constitutional violation when it could have been discovered inevitably lawfully. The independent source doctrine permits the admission of evidence that although obtained from an illegal search of property however that same evidence can be legally obtained by another means