Earl Warren's Due Process Model

Earl Warren served as the 14th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1953 to 1969. His term of office was marked by numerous rulings that have changed the U.S. law and society, granting the lower federal courts wide ranges in enforcing individual constitutional rights. Although criticized, Earl Warren is considered to be one of the greatest chief justices in U.S. history. Under his direction, the court also sought equality in criminal justice, ushering in an era of increased sensitivity to the rights of the accused.
Chief Justice Earl Warren used the Due Process Model in order to make his decisions on these very important cases. These decisions have affected and still continue to affect police procedures. Failure to follow such …show more content…
The Court ruled that citizens must be informed of their rights prior to questioning. Any evidence or statement obtained prior to a suspect being read his/her rights is inadmissible. This has led to what is now called one's "Miranda Rights" having to be read upon questioning or arrest.
The Crime Control Model allows for law enforcement officials to do whatever necessary to find evidence and tries to deter crime by all means. The Crime control model is less protective of individual rights. The Crime control model is in favor of the idea that individual rights must be put aside for the purpose of maintaining public safety and assumes that sometimes one has to give up ones rights for the benefit of society as a whole. In the crime control model, someone accused of a crime may be allowed to go free after arranging for some type of plea bargain. Due process limits the way the evidence can be found. Sometimes, criminals are released due to some error during the collection of evidence, or any other due process rights. Unreasonable search and seizure is a commonly violated due process right. A mistake by the judicial system allows a criminal to go free in a due process model. Due Process Model gives credibility to the principle that an individual cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards. When people are charged with a crime they are required to have their rights protected …show more content…
Demanding that something must be done to help and to alleviate the dilemma of victims disguises society’s unwillingness to deal directly with the problem of crime. In times of growing concern about crime, showing sympathy for the victim and promising a handful of dollars to victims’ programs and services relieves the pressure on politicians to confront social injustices, ethnic conflict, inequalities in wealth and power, and the frustrations of seeing too much and having too little. (Fattah,