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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Civil Liberties and Public Policy Chapter 4  4 th -8 th Amendments Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy Fourteenth Edition

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Defendants’ Rights Much of the Bill of Rights (Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) apply to defendants’ rights. Interpreting Defendants’ Rights –Criminal Justice personnel are limited by the Bill of Rights and failure to follow constitutional protections may invalidate a conviction. –Courts continually rule on what is constitutional and what is not.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Right to Bear Arms Common National, State, and Local Gun Laws –Restrictions on owning and carrying handguns. –Background checks –Limited the sale of certain types of weapons. –Requirements that guns be stored in a fashion to prevent their theft or children from accessing and firing them. Courts have usually upheld these.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Right to Bear Arms Militia Clause: –Many advocates of gun control argued that the Second Amendment applied only to the right of states to create militias. District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) –Individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia. –Use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Right to Bear Arms Incorporation? –Does not directly incorporate the Second Amendment: D.C. is not a state. –Signals a likely future incorporation against the states.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Defendants’ Rights

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Defendants’ Rights Searches and Seizures –Probable Cause: when the police have reason to believe that a person should be arrested –Unreasonable searches and seizures: evidence is obtained in a haphazard or random manner, prohibited by the Fourth Amendment –Exclusionary Rule: the rule that evidence, no matter how incriminating, cannot be introduced into trial if it was not constitutionally obtained Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Defendants’ Rights Self-Incrimination –Definition: when an individual accused of a crime is compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in court –Police must inform suspects of these and other Fifth Amendment protections upon arrest. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) –Protection from coerced confessions and entrapments

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Defendants’ Rights The Right to Counsel –The state must provide lawyers in most criminal cases (Sixth Amendment). Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Trials –Plea bargaining: a bargain between the prosecution and defense for a defendant to plead guilty to a lesser crime; 90 percent of cases end here and do not go to trial –Juries generally consist of 12 people, but unanimity is not always needed to convict. –The Sixth Amendment also guarantees a “speedy and public” trial.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Defendants’ Rights Cruel and Unusual Punishment –The Eighth Amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishment. –The death penalty is not cruel and unusual. It is “an extreme sanction, suitable to the most extreme crimes.” Gregg v. Georgia (1976) –The death penalty’s use and application varies by state.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. The Right to Privacy Is There a Right to Privacy? –Definition: the right to a private personal live free from the intrusion of government –Not explicitly stated in the Constitution, but implied by the Fourth Amendment Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. The Right to Privacy Controversy over Abortion – Roe v. Wade (1973) – Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) –Protections of those seeking an abortion –Rights of protesters

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Understanding Civil Liberties Civil Liberties and Democracy –Rights ensured in the Bill of Rights are essential to democracy. –Courts typically protect civil liberties from excesses of majority rule. Civil Liberties and the Scope of Government –In deciding between freedom and order, the United States generally chooses liberty. –Civil liberties limit the scope of government, even though government efforts are needs to protect rights.

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman. Summary Civil liberties are expressed in the Bill of Rights. These are the individual’s protections—for religion, expression, assembly, and the accused—against the government. Legislatures and courts constantly define what the Bill of Rights protects in practice.