Rights of the Accused Flashcards
In ______ ruled that under adequate guidelines the death penalty doesn’t constitute cruel and unusual punishment
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
The __ amendment forbids “cruel and unusual punishments”
8th
___ ___ means a person may not be tried twice for the same crime, thus protecting people from continual harassment
Double jeopardy
The __ amendment states in part that no person shall be “twice put in jeopardy of life and limb”
5th
The guidelines that police use before the questioning of suspects are now known as the __ __
Miranda Rules
In March 1963, __ __ had been arrested and convicted for the rape and kidnapping of an 18 year old girl
Ernesto Miranda
A _____ or other incriminating statements an accused person makes when he or she is denied access to a lawyer may not be used in trial
confession
Ten years later, in ___, the court held that states didn’t have to provide a lawyer in cases not involving the death penalty
Betts v. Brady
In 1978 Congress passed the _____, requiring a court order even for wiretapping and bugging in national security cases
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
In ____ extended the Fourth Amendment protections by prohibiting wiretapping without a warrant
Katz v. United States
____ ___ is a set of policies developed in the 1960s remedy past discrimination
Affirmative Action
A ___ is against a law of the state.
crime
A ___ is a major crime.
felony
The police do not need a ____ to search and arrest a person they see breaking the law.
warrant
In _____the Court established the exclusionary rule.
Weeks v. United States
