Amendments Those that most affect us in the Criminal Justice profession include

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Amendments! Those that most affect us in the
Criminal Justice profession include

• First
• Second
• Fourth

• Fifth
• Sixth
• Eighth
• Fourteenth!

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1st Amendment

• 1. Congress shall make no law respecting an
  establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
  free exercise thereof
• 2. ..or abridging the freedom of speech
• 3. .. or of the press
• 4. .. or right to peaceably assemble
• 5. .. or to petition the Government for a redress
  of grievances

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4th Amendment

• 1. Right of people to be SECURE in their homes,
  papers, and effects
• 2. Against ___________________" Searches and
  Seizures
• 3. No Warrants issued without
• ___________ ___________________
• 4. Supported by OATH or AFFIRMATION
• 5. ______________ DESCRIBING the place to be
  SEARCHED and the person or things to be SEIZED

UNREASONABLE
PROBABLE CAUSE
SPECIFICALLY
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5th Amendment

• 1. No person shall be held to answer for a
  CAPITAL or "infamous" crime,...
• 2. Unless upon a _________________ or
  _______________by a
• ________ ___________
• 3. Nor shall any person be subject to the SAME
  OFFENSE to be TWICE put in JEOPARDY of life and
  limb.

PRESENTMENT
INDICTMENT
GRAND JURY!
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5th Amend. Continued

• 4. Nor shall be COMPELLED in ANY criminal case
  to be a WITNESS AGAINST HIMSELF
• 5. Or be deprived of life, liberty
• without ________ _________
• 6. Nor private property taken without just
  compensation

DUE PROCESS
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6th Amendment

• 1. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
  enjoy the right to a ________ AND FAIR trial.
• 2. By an IMPARTIAL Jury
• 3. To be INFORMED of the
• nature and cause of the accusation and...

SPEEDY
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6th Amend. continued

• 4. To be CONFRONTED by
• against him
• 5. To have __________ process for OBTAINING
  witnesses IN HIS FAVOR
• 6. and to have assistance of ___________ for his
  defense

witnesses
COMPULSORY
COUNSEL
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8th Amendment

• 1. EXCESSIVE BAIL shall NOT be required (Note No
  specific right TO bail!)
• 2. Nor EXCESSIVE FINES imposed
• 3. Nor CRUEL OR UNUSUAL punishments inflicted

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14th Amendment

• 1. All persons born, or naturalized in the U.S..
  and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
  citizens of the U.S.., and of the State whereby
  they reside
• 2. No STATE shall make or enforce any law which
  shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
  citizens of the U.S And...

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14th Cont..

• 3. Nor shall any State, deprive any person of
  life, liberty or property WITHOUT
• DUE PROCESS
• 4. Nor deny ANY person within its jurisdiction
• EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW

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The End!!