Read or listen to the following NPR news report:

Plea Bargaining

https://www.npr.org/2012/03/21/149093334/high-court-throws-out-conviction-in-bad-lawyer-case

Justice Kennedy comments that plea bargaining isthe criminal justice system. Do you agree? Should it be the criminal justice system? What challenges arise from relying so heavily on plea bargaining.

Skim the following 2 cases to get a basic understanding of the decisions of the Court (you can skip consenting opinions, but look over the dissents)

• Hudson v. Michigan
• Herring v. US

Questions:

• Does the Exclusionary Rule have any purpose or power anymore?
• What do the dissenting judges have to say on the role of the Exclusionary Rule?
• Should there be so many exceptions to the rule?