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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.
Weeks v. US, 232 US 383 (1914) was the case that established the exclusionary rule, preventing evidence gathered through illegal or unreasonable search and seizure of a suspect from being used to prosecute the suspect in court.