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22 Cards in this Set
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Due Process
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The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does.
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Probable Cause
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Reasonable grounds, a reasonable suspicion of crime.
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Bench Trial
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A trial in which the judge alone hears the case.
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Substantive Due Process
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The government must create fair policies and laws.
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Exclusionary Rule
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Evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person from whom it was seized.
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Miranda Rule
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The constitutional rights which police must read to a suspect before questioning can occur.
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Procedural Due Process
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The government must employ fair procedures and methods.
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Writ of habeas corpus
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A court order which prevents unjust arrests and imprisonments.
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Bail
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A sum of money that the accused may be required to post (deposit with the court) as a guarantee that he or she will appear in court at the proper time.
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Police Power
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The authority of each State to act to protect and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its people.
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Bill of Attainder
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A legislative act the inflicts punishment without a court trial.
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Preventive Detention
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A law which allows federal judges to order that an accused felon to be held, without bail, when there is good reason to believe that her or she will commit yet another serious crime before trial.
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search warrant
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A court order authorizing a search.
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Ex post facto law
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A law applied to an act committed before its passage.
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Capital Punishment
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The death penalty
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involuntary servitude
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forced labor
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grand jury
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The formal device by which a person can be accused of a serious crime.
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treason
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betrayal of one's country; in the constitution, by levying war against the United States or offering comfort or aid to its enemies
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Discrimination
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Bias, unfairness
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indictment
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a formal complaint before a grand jury which charges the accused with one or more crimes.
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writ of assistance
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blanket search warrant with which British custom officials had invaded private homes to search for smuggled goods
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Double Jeopardy
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part of the 5th Amendment which says that no person can be put in jeopardy of life or limb twice. Once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she cannot be tried again for the same crime
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