Mapp v. Ohio: Pandora's Problems for the Prosecutor

An Account of Mapp v. Ohio That Misses the Larger Exclusionary Rule Story

∗ E.E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law and Alumni Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law. My thanks to Joshua Dressler for inviting me to review this book. 1 Hudson v. Michigan, 126 S. Ct. 2159 (2006). In Hudson, Justice Scalia’s opinion for the Court opined that one should not assume that there is a need to deter police misconduct by excluding unc...

Prosecutor v. Scientist: A Cat-and-Mouse Relationship.

Mary Ellen Avery Treasurer Francisco J. Ayala Richard S. Nicholson Robert A. Frosch Executive Officer John Abelson Frederick W. Alt Don L. Anderson Stephen J. Benkovic David E. Bloom Floyd E. Bloom Henry R. Bourne James J. Bull Kathryn Calame C. Thomas Caskey Dennis W. Choi John M. Coffin Bruce F. Eldridge Paul T. Englund Richard G. Fairbanks Douglas T. Fearon Harry A. Fozzard Victor R. Fuchs T...

Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health.

Ohio law made it a crime for a physician to perform an abortion on an unmarried, unemancipated, minor woman unless one parent is notified or a court authorizes the abortion on the minor's showing that she is sufficiently mature to make the decision herself; that she has been physically, emotionally, or sexually abused by one parent; or that notice is not in her best interests. The plaintiffs, ...

The Prudent Prosecutor

Prosecutor: A Model for Role and Function