It was December 24th, 1968, the afternoon before Christmas. Pamela Powers, a sweet, blue eyed, blonde ten year old girl went to the bathroom to wash her hands and vanished during her brother’s wrestling tournament. What happened to her? A man named Robert Anthony Williams raped, killed her and left her body to rot in a ditch. This murderer was almost able to walk away a free man after confessing his wrong doing, all because of the exclusionary rule. And this isn’t the first time justice has been tainted because of this flaw in the judicial system.
According to legaldictionary.com in an article titled “the Exclusionary Rule” it states “The Exclusionary Rule prevents the government from using evidence in trial which was derived from an illegal search, seizure, arrest, or interrogation.” This means any evidence found “the wrong way” is surpassed and inadmissible in a criminal trial. Now, many believe that this law is crucial in order to prevent our rights being stolen from us to obtain evidence in …show more content…
justice system is that an accused person is confronted by the evidence against him or her in an effort to discover the truth of an alleged crime” (para 2). But is that really the circumstance if a jury has to put the truth aside just to play ‘fair game’? In this case, Robert Anthony Williams specifically told Detective Leaming where he left Pamela’s body, only after the detective explained that she deserved a Christian burial. Is that what justice is? Letting murders, rapists, and thieves walk around freely just so that the Criminal Justice System can play fair game? Police have to tip-toe around the way they do their job to ensure that all of the evidence obtained is gained the ‘right way’. The exclusionary rule supposed to be an extension to the fourth and sixth amendment not to be used as another excuse a criminal can use just to ‘get
According to legaldictionary.com in an article titled “the Exclusionary Rule” it states “The Exclusionary Rule prevents the government from using evidence in trial which was derived from an illegal search, seizure, arrest, or interrogation.” This means any evidence found “the wrong way” is surpassed and inadmissible in a criminal trial. Now, many believe that this law is crucial in order to prevent our rights being stolen from us to obtain evidence in …show more content…
justice system is that an accused person is confronted by the evidence against him or her in an effort to discover the truth of an alleged crime” (para 2). But is that really the circumstance if a jury has to put the truth aside just to play ‘fair game’? In this case, Robert Anthony Williams specifically told Detective Leaming where he left Pamela’s body, only after the detective explained that she deserved a Christian burial. Is that what justice is? Letting murders, rapists, and thieves walk around freely just so that the Criminal Justice System can play fair game? Police have to tip-toe around the way they do their job to ensure that all of the evidence obtained is gained the ‘right way’. The exclusionary rule supposed to be an extension to the fourth and sixth amendment not to be used as another excuse a criminal can use just to ‘get