CRIM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Due Process
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Due process is those rights and protections afforded to a person accused of a crime. 5th amendment: protection against unreasonable search and seizure. 6th amendment: protection against self incrimination and double jeopardy, speed, fair, public trail with an impartial jury and right to counsel. Main complaint in prisoner lawsuits and appeals: protections from cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail, excessive fines, the punishment must fit the crime beccaria, equal treatment under the law, fundamentals of fairness: Rich or poor, every race, religion, nationality .
