Slide 1 II. Citizen’s Rights: A Barrier to Justice? A. Differentiate pros and cons of abolishing Miranda rights and the exclusionary rule. B. Characterize Citizen Participation. C. Explain lobbying officials, influencing judicial policymaking, and special interest groups. D. Emphasize the importance of performing jury duty, reporting crimes, testifying and victim impact statements. E. Monitoring the Criminal Justice System through Reparative and citizen review boards. BHS Law Related Education Program Criminal Justice Lesson 4: Civil Liberties and Citizen Participation Lesson Object ives

Slide 2 I. Abolishing Miranda rights and the exclusionary rule. 1)Miranda blocks law enforcement from obtaining confessions. 2)Technicalities prevent criminals from being incarcerated. 3)Replace Miranda with video. 4)Miranda protects the guilty more than the innocent. 5)The exclusionary rule doesn’t deter illegal police activities. 6)The exclusionary rule provides legal grounds for appeal which inundates appellate courts and frees criminals. BHS Law Related Education Program Criminal Justice Lesson 4: Civil Liberties and Citizen Participation

Slide 3 I. Keeping Miranda rights and the exclusionary rule. 1)Miranda has not limited obtaining confessions. 2)Innocent persons would have fewer rights. 3)Without Miranda officers would ignore 5 th Amendment. 4)Miranda means courts will not accept unlawful police conduct that produces confessions. 5)The exclusionary rule requires proper police investigations. 6)The exclusionary rule is less costly. 7)The exclusionary rule enforces 4 th Amendment rights. BHS Law Related Education Program Criminal Justice Lesson 4: Civil Liberties and Citizen Participation

Slide 4 Citizen Participation Balancing freedom and order in a democracy. Lobbying elected officials through special interest groups. ABA, NRA, ACLU, USCC. Influencing judicial policymaking. Disadvantaged groups influence appellate court decisions through briefs and legal arguments on behalf of others. Interest groups raise public awareness and have succeeded in getting policy changes such as in battered women being a domestic violent crime. BHS Law Related Education Program Criminal Justice Lesson 4: Civil Liberties and Citizen Participation

Slide 5 Citizen Participation Reparative boards resolve cases through the use of mediation rather than the criminal courts. Monitoring the criminal justice system. 1)Civilian review boards assess how police departments handle citizen complaints and make recommendations. 2)Citizens’ crime commissions are independent, privately funded agencies that act as public overseers. They observe judges, investigate corruption and conduct research. BHS Law Related Education Program Criminal Justice Lesson 4: Civil Liberties and Citizen Participation