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Supreme Court: No Exclusionary Rule for Vienna Convention Violations
by Matthew T. Clarke
On June 28, 2006, the Supreme Court held that violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Notification (Convention) do not require exclusion of evidence from a criminal trial and are subject to procedural default rules.
Moises Sanchez-Llamas, an Oregon state prisoner and a citizen of Mexico, ...
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