The exclusionary rule prohibits the use of confessions obtained in violation of a person's constitutional rights and confessions that are otherwise coerced for all of the following reasons, except:

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The concern for public safety is actually a Fifth Amendment issue, as it relates to the government's obligation to uphold an individual's right against self-incrimination. Therefore, confessions obtained in violation of a person's constitutional rights and confessions that are otherwise coerced are excluded from use for three main reasons: they are inherently unreliable, to do otherwise would be a violation of due process, and there is a need to hold the government accountable by holding such confessions inadmissible.

The Exclusionary Rule Prohibits the Use of Confessions Obtained in Violation