Searches and seizures

Exclusionary rules are important and these rules still have an impact and influence in the judicial system and were created as a response to the ways police gathered their evidence. Police arrest and prosecutors charge those accused of crimes and the Bill of Rights or first ten amendments include the exclusionary rule. The exclusionary rule is what prohibits the prosecutor from using any evidence at all that was illegally obtained for a trial. One rule of exclusion is the proper…

who knows his Bill of Rights verbatim”, he must for evidence.” This scene is tied to the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which states the right of the people to be safe about their houses or personal belongings, against unreasonable searches and seizures, which no warrants shall be issued, until there is a probable cause on a particular place that is described to be searched. Once they caught Thorwald and he admitted to such crimes, the police obtained enough evidence through probable…

in particularity the conversation to be intercepted, providing a specific time period for the interception of the communications device, and noticing the property owner unless law enforcement can show exigent circumstances. As with ordinary searches and seizures, exigent circumstances may serve as grounds for law enforcement to dispense with first obtaining a warrant. If law enforcement encounters a situation threatening a person's life, a conspiracy threatening the national security, or a…

Privacy or National Security The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects our right of privacy and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. But to what extent? I believe that these rights may be bent depending on the situation that is occurring. If the situation is involving national security, then I do agree these rights should be put on pause for the moment. I feel that national security is more important than privacy to an extent. I feel that…

The route of progress is not a straight and narrow path. There are numerous times where the great leaders of our country had no other choice but to disobey the law that was put in place for the welfare of the American people. These changes were made in areas that they deem necessary for change to happen. If the leaders had completely sworn off all things that were considered unconstitutional, then the country would not have made any progress over time. Even still, there are plentiful times that…

The Supreme Court, as Justice Madison puts it, is the Supreme interpreter of the law, and all laws that are not constitutional must be strike down. Brandeis also thinks this way. He thinks the interpreter of the law has supervisory powers. They must be impartial and not allow a citizen or government official to break the law. If citizens break the law, then the appropriate punishment applies according to the statutes; however, if the government breaks the law, then sanctions applies to uphold…

the United States of America we have many rights protecting us so that we are innocent until proven guilty. These rights include our fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments of the Constitution. Our fourth amendment protects us from illegal search and seizure of our properties. Our fifth amendment protects us from being accused of any capital crime without being tried in front of a grand jury. The fifth amendment also includes the right of due process which is our right to be treated fairly through a…

which runs websites and holds information about them, trespasses the style that search warrants are done. The Fourth Amendment defines "[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated […]." Ultimately, the government has no right to intervene in any private belongings of a United States citizen unless…

Martinez 7 America, the land of the free, has the world's largest prison population in 2014 (1.5 million) decreased by 15,400 (down 1%) from year end 2013. Although we have decreased in incarcerations we continue to be the number one nation with the highest incarceration rate. And our overcrowded prisons are disproportionately filled with blacks and Hispanics, causing many urban communities to lose trust in a system they consider biased and racist…

White individuals. Though stop and frisk policies are constitutional under the law, as decided by the Supreme Court, these policies can also be discriminatory in practice when police officers disproportionately target people of color in stops and searches.…