Ch 15 Lesson 2: American Legal System

The rights given a person accused of a crime are based upon the ​ (a)   of innocence, in which a person is believed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 

• presumption
• eighth
• sixth
• death penalty

The ​ (a)   Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive bail.

• eighth
• presumption
• sixth
• death penalty

Specific rights of a person accused of a crime, such as the right to counsel and the right to a speedy public trial, are guaranteed by the ​ (a)   Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• sixth
• presumption
• eighth
• death penalty

In Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the ​ (a)   was unconstitutional because it was being applied unequally.

• death penalty
• presumption
• eighth
• sixth

A writ of habeas corpus requires that a judge should decide whether a prisoner

• is innocent or guilty.

• should be granted his or her rights.

• should be held for a longer time.

• was lawfully imprisoned.

A new law states that anyone who used fireworks at last year’s Fourth of July celebration is guilty of a misdemeanor. This law is an example of

• a bill of attainder

• an ex post facto law.

• a fair and reasonable law.

• a violation of habeas corpus.

Under the _____________________, the government may not put a person in jail without following legal procedures.

• due process clause

• equal protection clause

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

Which Supreme Court case ruled that if a defendant could not afford a lawyer, the state must provide one?

• Chambers v. Florida

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Miranda v. Arizona