Mapp V Ohio

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Before Mapp v. Ohio, police corruption wasn’t seen as a big problem in many states, and instead, it was viewed as a necessary way to catch criminals. While it may be true that it’s easier to catch criminals if police don’t always have to follow legal means, it still violates a citizen’s right against unreasonable searches and seizures guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment. If the police are supposed to be enforcing the rule of law, it can hurt their reputation with the public if they violate even just one of the amendments to the constitution. The exclusionary rule is known to be costly and can cause guilty defendants to go unpunished, but changes and exceptions to the rule have helped in preventing guilty parties from slipping through the cracks. As more decisions are made by the Supreme court, the exclusionary rule will continue to evolve to meet the needs of our everchanging society, and ideally, guilty criminals won’t be able to get away anymore.

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