Rights of Accused Criminals

Supreme Court Cases

100

This case guaranteed a lawyer for accused criminals.

What is Gideon v. Wainwright?

200

This case guaranteed an accused criminal be aware of his rights.

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

300

This case created the exclusionary rule for evidence.

What is Mapp v. Ohio?

400

This case only guaranteed an attorney in federal court.

What is Weeks v. US?

500

This case re-instated the death penalty in the US.

What is Greggs v. Georgia?

Rights of the Accused

100

The police need this before a warrant can be issued.

What is probable cause?

200

This must be read to you upon arrest and/or questioning by police.

What is the Miranda warning or Miranda rights?

300

This is provided for you if you cannot afford one for yourself.

What is a lawyer or public defender?

400

This is the story as told from an accused person's point of view.

What is an alibi?

500

These are the 2 people that should be present during all phases of a juvenile's questioning.

Who are a parent and a lawyer?

Amendments

100

This promises a speedy and fair trial.

What is the 6th amendment?

200

This protects the accused from self-incrimination.

What is the 5th amendment? or pleading the 5th?

300

This amendment promises a warrant is required before a search or an arrest.

What is the 4th amendment?

400

This prevents a criminal from being tried twice for the same crime.

What is double jeopardy?

500

This guarantees the rights of accused criminals in the states.

What is the 14th Amendment?

Punishment

100

This is a temporary space to hold a criminal.

Where is a jail?

200

These are the "rights" you are entitled to if you are in prison.

What are food, clothing, shelter, and medical attention?

300

This is a permanent or more secure facility to hold a convicted person.

What is a prison or a penitentiary?

400

This is the accepted form of the death penalty today.

What is lethal injection?

500

This is punishable by death in all federal cases.

What is murder in the 1st degree or treason?

Miscellaneous

100

This is the crime that Bill and Stan were accused of committing.

What is murder and accessory to murder?

200

This type of testimony is often discredited as inaccurate.

What is eyewitness testimony?

300

This is a phase of a convicted criminals release back into society.

What is parole?

400

This is the method of execution that was used in the US until the 1980s. Why?

What is the electric chair?  What is humane?

500

This describes how Norway's prison system is different from the US.

What is humanity, dignity, and reacclimation into society?