Monday, November 16, 2009

5th-8th Amendment

witness- A witness is a person that has scene the crime being committed.
Indict- is to be charge with a offense or crime
Testify- is to to up in font of a jury and talk about the crime that has been committed.
Grand Jury- Is a group of people selected to listen and look over the crime for what the witness and defendant have to say.
Due Process-An established course for judicial proceedings or other governmental activities designed to safeguard the legal rights of the individual.
Capital Punishment- punishment by death for a crime (death penalty).
Excessive-Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.

Bail- amount of money given to a criminal to get out of jail.

Peer- a person of the same legal status


Do you believe that people accused of crimes deserve all of these rights or just some of them? Why or why not? I think people should have all of those rights because without them it would not be fair. It would be bad and be just like To kill a mockingbird and tom did not get a fair tail and that was not right. So I think that even criminals should get all these rights because without them it would not be fair.


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