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.
Established exclusionary rule on a state level (illegally obtained evidence will be exculded) 1  Weeks v. United States (1914) had developed exclusionary rule on a federal level. 2  This decision was controversial because virtually all violent crime falls under the jurisdiction of the states.