<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In the United States, the exclusionary rule is a legal rule, based on constitutional law . The rule prevents evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights from being used in a court of law . This may be considered an example of a prophylactic rule formulated by the judiciary in order to protect a constitutional right . The exclusionary rule may also, in some circumstances at least, be considered to follow directly from the constitutional language, such as the Fifth Amendment's command that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" and that no person "shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law". </P> <P> "The exclusionary rule is grounded in the Fourth Amendment and it is intended to protect citizens from illegal searches and seizures ." The exclusionary rule is also designed to provide a remedy and disincentive, which is short of criminal prosecution in response to prosecutors and police who illegally gather evidence in violation of the Fifth Amendment in the Bill of Rights compelled to self - incrimination . The exclusionary rule also protects against violations of the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the right to counsel . </P>

The exclusionary rule prohibits the prosecutor from using illegally obtained evidence during a trial