I've never been completely comfortable with the concept of potentially freeing criminals because of wrongful conduct by the police. The argument is there must

I've never been completely comfortable with the concept of potentially freeing criminals because of wrongful conduct by the police. The argument is there must be a way to protect society against the use of illegal methods by the police. I'm not confident, however, that the Exclusionary Rule actually accomplishes its purposes. I suspect the police 'roll the dice' all the time in their investigations, knowing full well they are unlikely to pay much of a personal price if their illegality gets discovered. I've always thought charging police for their illegal conduct in a special federal system that handled all cases of wrongful conduct by police nationwide; with high conviction rates and penalties that start with termination and loss of pension and move on from there to add long prison terms. A system with special judges and prosecutors and civilian oversight. Not likely to happen, so I guess we are stuck with letting criminals and the cops walk free.