The dramatic pace at which two trends have been advancing is transforming them into 21st-century business âantesâ: competitive necessities for most if not all companies.
There are two prin-cipal reasons for the deviation from that traditional rule: (i) to policethe law enforcement agencies by excluding evidence illegally ob-tained, and (2) to protect fully the civil rights of a defendant fromany infringement.It is apparent that the first basis is not applicable in the Lebelcase.
What rule does not allow the use of illegally obtained evidence in courts? It is called the exclusionary rule (originating in 1769 England, it was not tested until 1886 in the United States: Boyd VS United States and a strong federal stance on the isâ¦sue in 1914: Weeks VS United States).