Rights of the Accused

The public trial is when the court room can be public to everyone. The speedy trial is when the defendant is tried for the alleged crimes within a reasonable time after being arrested

• 6th Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• 4th Amendment
• 2nd Amendment

If a police officer acquires evidence against you but violates your right to be free from unreasonable searches in the process, ___________.

• nothing will happen

• your prison sentence will be reduced

• the police officer must give you money

• the evidence can't be used against you

• you will be charged with a less severe offense

The Fourth Amendment protects us from what?

• Unreasonable searches and seizures

• Cruel and unusual punishment

• The right to bear arms

• Getting arrested

Which court case forced police officers to read our rights if someone is being arrested?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Miranda v. Arizona

If you are charged with a crime, you can be given a lawyer if you can't afford one on your own.

• True

• False

What do police officers have to get to do a search or seizure?

• Nothing

• Permission from the President

• A warrant

• Permission from the Chief of Police

When deciding a verdict, juries should be:

• Quick and thoughtless

• Fair and impartial

• Mean and judgemental

• Tired and uninterested

Who decides if a person is guilty of a crime?

• The jury

• The police

• The judge

• The victim of the crime

Congress cannot pass a law singling out a person for punishment without trial.

• Bill of Attainder

• Due Process, 5th Amendment

• Ex Post Facto Clause

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

People cannot be retroactively punished for something that was not a crime at the time.

• Takings Clause, 5th Amendment

• Search and Seizure Clause, 4th Amendment

• Extradition Clause

• Ex Post Facto Clause