Wyatt CE 10 Due Process

What is the best definition for due process?

• Getting what you deserve at the right time
• Getting put in prison if you are guilty of a crime
• Protection from unfair actions by the government
• The ability to have freedom in a country

What allows us to have due process in the USA?

• The Constitution
• Police officers
• The President
• Kindness

Which amendment protects citizens from unfair treatment by the national government?

• First
• Fifth
• Fourteenth
• Fifteenth

Which amendment protects citizens from unfair treatment by the state and local governments?

• First
• Fifth
• Fourteenth
• Fifteenth

Lewis is charged for murdering two people in a robbery. There is not enough evidence to find him guilty, so he is found innocent. One year later, evidence turns up and he is put back in court and found guilty.
Should this have happened?

• Yes- he is guilty!
• No- due process/double jeopardy

Choose the 2 due process amendments below.

• 6th

• 14th

• 5th

• 12th

The national government is prohibited from acting in an unfair manner by what amendment?

• 4th

• 5th

• 11th

• 14th

A woman was arrested and held in jail for a month without being told the reason. Which of her constitutional rights was violated?

• Due Process

• Cruel and unusual punishment

• Judicial Review

• Checks and Balances

The 14th Amendment prohibits what 2 levels of government from acting in an unfair manner?

• Regional

• National

• Local

• State

Due Process of Law is the constitutional protection against unfair governmental.... (choose 2)

• Actions

• Powers

• Amendments

• Laws