The exclusionary rule applies only to evidence that is obtained directly in violation of a defendant's Constitutional protections, but not any evidence that is indirectly related to it.

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Explanation:

The exclusionary rule, in the United States, is a constitutional law, which limits evidence obtained or examined in violation of the defendant's natural rights from being practiced in a court of law.

Notwithstanding evidence that is indirectly collected in breach of a defendant's rights is matter to the exclusionary rule because it is regarded as the fruit of the poisonous tree. This implies that once original evidence is confirmed to have been illegally acquired, all proof that arises from the original evidence (known as the derivative evidence) is also eliminated.