This document discusses arguments for a new legislation that would allow evidence obtained illegally to be used in court. It argues that this is fair because it means criminals cannot escape justice due to technicalities. It believes police should be trusted to do their jobs, and that courts can make right decisions considering all evidence. The current exclusionary rule is seen as focusing too much on how evidence was obtained rather than the criminal acts. The new legislation would make the justice system more just and fair by examining the full situation.

1. Exclusionary Rule
For or Against the New Legislation
Cierra Chandler

2. For the new legislation
 " . . . Evidence obtained as a result of a
search or seizure that is otherwise
admissible in a Federal criminal
proceeding shall not be excluded in a
proceeding in a court of the United States
on the ground that the search or seizure
was in violation of the fourth amendment
to the Constitution."
 In short, the new legislation states that
even if the evidence is obtained illegally,
the evidence against the criminal would
still be permissible to be used in the
court.

3. I believe this is a good legislation because it
punishes the guilty, not the innocent, allows
the police to do their job, makes room for
improvement for new exclusionary laws, and
it make the justice system more fair.

4. Reasons for the New
Legislation
 The guilty can rightly
get convicted
 We should trust our
police
 It looks at the whole
situation
 The citizens put their
trust in the Judicial
systems to make right
decisions
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5. The Guilty Can Rightly Get
Convicted
 Initially, the real people who
were punished were the people
who did their jobs as law
enforcers and the victims of the
crime
 With the new legislation, the
criminals will remain guilty no
matter how the evidence was
obtained.
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6. We Should Trust Our Police
 Why would we give a police officer
her/his badge if we do not believe
they do not trust them enough to
use it
 The police are only trying to do their
jobs by putting the criminals in their
right places with evidence that is
valid enough to defend their case.
 We should not have to punish our
law enforcement officers for doing
their job

7. It Looks at the Whole Situation
 Why are we keeping a rule that
doesn't encompass the whole
situation?
 It focuses on the wrongs of the
law enforcer instead of the
criminal
 With the new legislation, it
provides opportunity to see the
whole situation and develop a
new rule that could encompass
everyone’s rights

8. Citizens Trust our Judicial System
 Citizens are entitled to know the
full truth when deciding the fate of
suspect, they believe that the
court is and should make just
decisions, if not they would have
even no matter how the evidence
was provided
 With the new legislation, the court
room will be able to make a make
a more accurate decision because
all evidence was provided
 That is what our justice system is
supposed to be about

9. Conclusion
 With the new legislation it makes the judicial system not
only more fair, but also more just. The exclusionary rule
does not look at the bigger picture when protecting the
criminal. Evidence is evidence.
 If the justice system was living up to its name, we would
have established a law a long time ago that looks at the
whole situation, not just one facet of it. Criminals are
criminals because they committed a crime nothing more
and nothing less.

10. Cont.
 According to former Attorney General Edwin Meese, "Since Mapp v. Ohio, the
exclusionary rule has had a devastating impact on law enforcement in America.
One recent study estimated that 150,000 criminal cases, including 30,000 cases of
violence, are dropped or dismissed every year because the exclusionary rule
excluded valid, probative evidence needed for prosecution." Source: Meese,
Edwin III and Rhett DeHart. 1997. "The Imperial Judiciary. And What Congress Can
Do About It," Policy Review January-February 1997, No. 81.
 It is time to stop putting all of our energy into how the evidence was provided,
but actually the evidence that the criminal left behind when committing the
crime.