Pros And Cons Of The Exclusionary Rule

In the words of Malcolm Wilkey, “few people have considered the enormous social cost of the exclusionary rule, and fewer still have thought about possible alternatives to the rule.(Wilkey, 2016)” This article will address these issues. This article also brings up the opinion of several other scholars majorly though of one man by the name of Kamisar's who wrote Is the exclusionary rule an 'illogical' or 'unnatural' interpretation of the Fourth Amendment? This article will likewise touch base in other countries and compare it back to the United States. Through this, it was possible to determine that indeed other countries exemption of the exclusionary rule seems to work better than our use of the exclusionary rule.
What the author intends to answer is what the exclusionary rule is and alternatives to the rule that potentially increase societal self-worth and positive reinforcement. This article explains to for the exclusionary rule, “it is a judge made rule of evidence, originated in 1914 by the Supreme Court in Weeks v. United States, which bars "the use of evidence secured through an illegal search and seizure.(Wilkey, 216)” What surprises the reader is finding out that the exclusionary rule is not a rule required by the constitution. It is through
He concludes that the exclusionary rule should be abolished to make room for