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Side note: If the exclusionary rule was a punishment, it's a rather bad one as it allows police to toe right up to the line and if they cross it the worst they
by SapphireSun 11y ago
Side note: If the exclusionary rule was a punishment, it's a rather bad one as it allows police to toe right up to the line and if they cross it the worst they get is they lose the piece of evidence they wanted. It's merely a bright line that encourages a muscular police force to toe right up to the boundary. If police were punished (e.g. fined, fired, jailed, lose the entire case, etc) for violating someone's constitutional rights, they would go nowhere near the line.
- makomk 11y agoThe problem with jailing the police is that the prosecutors who'd have to file charges against them are on the same side as them and have an interest in encouraging them to push the rules. We can barely get charges filed against police officers who kill someone in cold blood a lot of the time, what chance do we stand of doing the same over minor things like constitutional violations?
- DennisP 11y agoSo we need a different set of prosecutors for going after abusive police.