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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.
Instructor: Mark Pearcy. The ''exclusionary rule'' is one of the most commonly-used (and famous) principles in U.S. criminal law. If evidence is illegally or unconstitutionally seized, it can't be used at trial--and this rule has changed the most basic ways in which the criminal justice system operates.