Witness- somebody who personally sees something being committed.
Indict- to be charged with an offense or crime.
Testify- to bear witness; to give or afford evidence.
Grand Jury- about 12 to 23 people that are chosen to listen and look over the crime for what the witness and the defendant have to talk about.
Due Process- the regular administration of the law, according to which no citizen may be denied his or her legal rights and all laws must conform to fundamental, accepted legal principles, as the right of the accused to confront his or her accusers.
Capital Punishment- a death penalty for a crime.
Excessive- going beyond the necessary or proper limit of punishment.
Bail- pay a certain amount of money to release someone out of jail.
Peer- a person of the same legal status.
I think that the people who have committed the crime should have all the rights that are said. This is because, if someone accuses the "criminal" and doesn't have any evidence on the crime then how will the "criminal" be found guilty? If the someone accuses the "criminal" for a crime AGAIN and there's still no evidence found and they take them to court again, then that wouldn't be fair. They could keep taking them back to court and accusing them if that was not put into the 5th-8th amendments. Also, if the person being accused does not have equal rights with the people accusing them, then that is definitely not a fair trial.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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