Focus Writing March 16 1.Why do defendants have so many rights in a trial? Identify at least two that you think are important.

Learning Targets Explain the Bill of Rights in your own words

Today 1.Pass back tests 2.Make sure you Criminal Justice reading worksheet is checked off 3.Work with a partner “Civil Liberties and Criminal Justice Clauses”

Test Feedback Some people need more details in their answers Anyone who got below 15 can answer the questions on Cesar Chavez to raise their score by up to 5 points (15 max score)

Think/Write/Pair/Share 2.Which is more important – preventing one innocent person from going to jail or preventing one guilty person from going free? Imagine that you have an innocent family member accused of a crime, or a family member was a victim of a crime, then explain your answer.

Second Amendment Clause 1. “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Rewrite in your own wordsExplain with hypothetical example Rewrite in your words A locally organized military is required to protect us so we have need to be able to keep weapons.

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Second Amendment Clause 1. “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Rewrite in your own wordsExplain with hypothetical example Rewrite in your words A locally organized military is required to protect us so we have need to be able to keep weapons. Then: British troops in Canada and Native Americans were a threat, people felt the need to protect themselves Now: criminals are a threat