CRIM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nahum Sokolow, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Reasonable Suspicion

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 100
• Professor: Nuneville, Michelle R

Document Summary

U. s. constitution: designed to protect citizens against abuses of police power. U. s. supreme court: 1960s, accelerated the process of guaranteeing individual rights, miranda v. arizona (1966) After the warren court, the supreme court became more conservative: recognized the need to ensure public safety. Checks and balances: legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government, no one individual or agency can usurp the rights and freedoms guaranteed under the constitution. Due process requirements: evidence and investigation (search and seizure, arrest, interrogation. Landmark case: a precedent-setting court decision that produces substantial changes in the understanding of the requirements of due process and the practical day-to day operations of the system. Fourth amendment: warrant and illegally seized evidence. Exclusionary rule: evidence illegally seized by the police cannot be used in a trail, acts as a control over police behavior, at the time, only binding on the federal agents.