Procedural Justice

Which of these statements about double jeopardy true?

• A person can be charged for the same crime twice.

• Double jeopardy applies when a person is tried in both civil and criminal court for the same act.

• A person can be charged for the same crime in two separate sovereigns - federal and state court.

• Double jeopardy applies to grand jury hearings.

A group of jurors who hear evidence in a case and arrive at a verdict is called a(n)…

• Supreme Court

• Grand Jury

• Verdict Jury

• Petit Jury

A peremptory challenge may not be used to exclude jurors who are

• students.

• business owners.

• from a specific race, gender, or national origin.

• unemployed.

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

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

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

In a landmark Supreme Court case, an accused person was not able to afford a lawyer and as a result, he did a bad job of defending himself in court. His appeal stated that he was denied due process because he did not have a lawyer. Now, states must provide lawyer to suspects who cannot afford one. This case law is called...

• Miranda v. Arizona
• Marbury v. Madison
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Tinker v. Des Moines

If a defendant uses excessive force during the commission of a crime, this would make the crime more grave and call for a tougher sentence. Which term BEST applies?

• aggravating circumstances

• mitigating circumstances

• proportionality

• social debt

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 the...

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

According to the 6th amendment, an accused person has the right to a trial that is

• speedy and public
• long and unfair
• only with a judge and no jury
• held in any state the accused chooses