Defendant's+Rights

=**__Defendants’ Rights:__ (Ricky Gonzalez & Percival Perlas)**=

**In the Bill of Rights, what protections are there for those accused of a crime?**

 * **no unreasonable search and seizure**
 * **right to a speedy and public trial**
 * **judged by an impartial jury**
 * **right to counsel (lawyers)**
 * **right to be fully informed of the charges against you (facts and statements)**
 * **right to examine witnesses accusing you in court**
 * **right to call on witnesses on your behalf**
 * **no harsh punishments or unfair fines**

//Furman v Georgia//
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 * A case that dealt with the death penalty.
 * The Supreme Court narrowly ruled that it "required states to prevent random, racial, unfair results by giving juries guidance to apply the death penalty fairly"
 * this meant that the Supreme Court was not outlawing the death penalty, but it was giving "guidance" to states on how capitol punishment should be used, if used at all
 * William Henry Furman, an African-American, was sentenced to death in Georgia, but he appealed that the death penalty in Georgia was wrong and unusual. The case was eventually sent to the Supreme court where the justices were split on what was the decision. Some said they wanted the death penalty abolished for good, other wanted it only in some severe cases, and others still wanted it with less discrimination.

//Mapp v Ohio//

 * a case dealing with the 4th Amendment (unreasonable searches and seizures)
 * The Supreme Court ruled that any evidence obtained through an unreasonable search and seizure CANNOT be used in the conviction of the person accused.
 * it was controversial because the 4th amendment only says that one cannot commit unreasonable searches and seizures, bu it didn't say what happens to the evidence that is obtained from unreasonable searches. SHould the evidence still count even though it was obtained illegally? The Supreme Curt ruled NO by a margin of 6-3.

//Miranda v Arizona//

 * =====a case dealing with the right's a person jas when being interrogated and held by police ( rights for protection against self-incrimination) =====
 * the case granted that a person held must be told the rights they have before any questions and interrogation is made. This includes for a person to remain silent, a right to have counsel, which must be said by an officer to the suspect they have obtained.