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Penalizing the Cops
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Originally posted by Spanky
Yes but a huge part of it. And the media played it up for all that it was worth. How many shows have you seen where the main tension and drama in the show is provided by the fact that some guilty guy is going free because of the exclusioniary rule. It happens in almsot every cop movie, (Clint Eastwood, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagall, Law and Order). That was the entire plot of the Star Chamber.
I think once the rule was dropped it would restore an unprecedented amount of confidence in the Judicial system.
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Or maybe Hollywood could be a little less sensational in its portrayal of the judicial system?
I went to a very good ethics* CLE last year that focused on how much misinformation the public has about good, ethical lawyering because of how lawyers are portayed on film. If Tom Cruise implied he had evidence that he didn't have in A Few Good Men, then it must be ok for real lawyers to do the same.
* Any CLE that spends half the hour showing pop culture film clips is good CLE as far as I'm concerned.
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Last edited by Replaced_Texan; 09-16-2005 at 04:03 PM..
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