Your Rights: Trials and Punishments

Question 1

A warrant, which specifies the location that can be searched and exactly what can be legally seized, must be issued by a

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judge.

Question 2

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to keep the government from abusing its authority

Question 3

The Supreme Court’s decisions in Terry v. Ohio (1967) and Horton v. California (1990) both held that the police

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may, in certain cases, search individuals or seize their property without a warrant.

Question 4

Which is a grand jury right?

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the right to indictment before trial for a capital crime

Question 5

Which of these statements describes a Fifth Amendment protection?

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No one can be tried twice for the same crime.

Question 6

If the government wants to take land to build a highway, the Fifth Amendment says that the affected property owners must

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be compensated for the land.

Question 7

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A citizen cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

Question 8

The exclusionary rule states that if evidence is found during an illegal search, it

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cannot be admitted as evidence in court.

Question 9

A man walking down the street appears to have an illegal weapon. What can a police officer do?

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With reasonable cause, the officer can stop this individual and frisk him.

Question 10

The Fourth Amendment states that a reasonable search and seizure must

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include a warrant and be based on probable cause.

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