Question 50 • EA Academy Algebra I
Due process means the government must follow fair legal procedures before depriving someone of liberty. Citizens cannot punish or injure a person simply because they suspect that person committed a crime; guilt must be determined through the justice system. Therefore, capturing and injuring the suspect is the violation. Detaining students for refusing to recite the Pledge raises a different constitutional issue involving freedom of speech.
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