Chapter 4 Flashcards
A constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. it includes the right to counsel
6th amendment
Part of the 14th amendment saying a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property, by the united states of state government without due process of law
Due process clause
A Government preventing material form being published. this is a common method of limiting the press in some nations, but it is usually unconstitutional in the united states
Prior Restraint
Communication in the form of advertising.
Commercial Speech
Nonverbal communication
Symbolic speech
The Situation occurring when the police have reason to believe that a person should be arrested
Probable Cause
A written authorization from a court specifying the area to be searched and what the police are searching for
Search Warrent
The Rule that evidence, no matter how incrimination, cannot be introduced into a trial if it was not constitutionally obtained
Exclusionary Rule
The situation occurring when an individual accused of a crime is compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in court
Self Incrimination
A constitutional amendment designed to protect the rights of persons accused of crimes, including protection against double jeopardy, self incrimination and punishment without due process
5th amendment
The constitutional amendment that forbids cruel and usual Punishment
8th amendment
Court sentences prohibited by 8th amendment
Cruel and unusual punishment
The right to a private personal life free from the intrusion of government
Right to Privacy
A first amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
Free exercise clause
Part of the first amendment stating that “congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
Establishment Clause
The legal concept under which the Supreme Court has nationalized the bill of rights
Incorporation Doctrine
The constitutional amendment that establishes the four great liberties: freedom of the press and so on
1st amendment
The first 10 amendments to the US constitutions
Bill of Rights
Constitutional amendment containing the due process clause adopted after the civil war
14th amendment
The legal constitutional protections against government
Civil liberties
The publication of false or malicious statements
Libel
Obtaining evidence in haphazard or random manner
Unreasonable searches and seizures
A bargain struck between the defendants lawyer and the prosecutor to the effect that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser crime in exchange for the states promise not to prosecute the defendant for a more serious crime
Plea Bargaining
