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Mapp v. Ohio: Why Illegally Seized Evidence Gets Thrown Out
Police forced their way into Dollree Mapp's home holding a paper "claimed to be a warrant." The Court said evidence seized that way can't be used in any state court. Justice Clark's opinion for the Court and Justice Harlan's dissent on the exclusionary rule, side by side.
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