The Exclusionary Rule: Time for Reform

Publication Date: July 1982

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Robert B. Dunn

Research Area: Justice

Keywords: Legal issues

Type: Report

Abstract:

Redressing the balance between law and order and the criminal defendant's procedural rights, while nevertheless retaining a commitment to governmental obedience to law, would build a powerful position from which to begin the long overdue assault on violent crime. As two first steps, a reasonable, good faith exception to the exclusionary rule and a civil damages remedy for violation of Fourth Amendment guarantees should be enacted.