The rule established in this case is new, hence TFA, and all the time the lawyers and judge wasted on it :)
If I may suggest where wires are getting crossed:
You are sort of assuming it's like a logic gate: if 4th amendment violation, bad evidence, criminal must go free. So when you say "the rule", you mean "the 4th amendment", not the actual ruling.
That's not how it works, because that simple ultimatum also has edge cases. So we built up this whole system around nominating juries and judges, and paying lawyers, over centuries, to argue out complicated things like weighing intentionality.
The rule established in this case is new, hence TFA, and all the time the lawyers and judge wasted on it :)
If I may suggest where wires are getting crossed:
You are sort of assuming it's like a logic gate: if 4th amendment violation, bad evidence, criminal must go free. So when you say "the rule", you mean "the 4th amendment", not the actual ruling.
That's not how it works, because that simple ultimatum also has edge cases. So we built up this whole system around nominating juries and judges, and paying lawyers, over centuries, to argue out complicated things like weighing intentionality.