Your textbook identifies nine due process rights that affect the determination of legal guilt. Name five of them.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers can include any of the following: freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, protection against double jeopardy, protection against compelled self-incrimination, a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury of the state and district where the crime occurred, notice of the nature and cause of the accusation, the right to confront opposing witnesses, compulsory process for obtaining favorable witnesses, the right to counsel, the prohibition of cruel, and unusual punishment.

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