Mapp v. Ohio

1. According to the Supreme Court, what is the main justification for the exclusionary rule?

2. What negative consequences arise out of application of the exclusionary rule?

3.The dissenting justices in Leon saw that decision as a step toward the destruction of the Fourth Amendment. They wrote that "[t]he right to be free from the initial invasion of privacy and the right of exclusion are coordinate components of the central embracing right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.24 Do you agree?