5th & 6th Amendments

Double Jeopardy means that

• You cannot be tried for the same crime twice
• Evidence was not presented
• Right to a lawyer
• Right to a trial

The Fifth Amendment protects people who are accused of crimes by ...

• allowing citizens to remain silent and not tell on themselves.
• preventing another trial for the same crime if one has already been found innocent (not guilty).
• ensuring that due process must take place.
• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Putting someone on trial for a crime of which they have already been found innocent (not guilty) is called...

• probable cause
• self-incrimination
• criminal law
• double jeopardy

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Sixth Amendment protects people accused of crimes because they ...

• must be clearly told what the charges are against them.
• must be allowed a trial by a jury of their peers.
• must be provided with a lawyer if they cannot afford one. 
• All of the above

Guarantees the right of citizens to bear arms (own guns.)

• 2nd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

In one landmark Supreme Court case, a man was unaware that he had the right to remain silent and felt he was tricked into a confession. What landmark case ruled in favor of the accused and as a result requires police officers to remind a suspect of their rights during an arrest?

• Gideon v. Wainright
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Miranda v. Arizona

Due Process means legal fairness

• True
• False

Guarantees your right to confront your accuser and call witnesses 

• 10th Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

Part of due process guaranteed through the Fifth Amendment requires police officers to remind accused persons of their rights before arresting them. This reading of rights is called your...

• Miranda Rights
• double jeopardy
• writ of certariori
• precedent

This amendment guarantees your rights to an impartial jury which means a group of citizens who have taken an oath to be fair when listening to a case and making the decision as to whether someone is guilty or not guilty.

• 2nd Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 8th Amendment