CJA 484 – Criminal Justice Administration Capstone
Jacinto C. Rincon
June 24, 2013
David Mailloux
With a great deal of debate the design of the United States along with the lay out by the founders of the country who took their roll in laying down the “rules” of the United States of America very seriously. The Articles of Confederation, the Bill of Rights, and the US Constitution lay the floor work of a layer of protection afforded to all United States Citizens. Each of the doctrines provides a step towards the written words that have granted many men and women protection from persecution as well as freedoms not received in other parts of the world. The last piece of the three historical documents, the US Constitution is comprised of a set of amendments, which have been written to protect several different rights that as a citizen are protected from false persecution. These constitutional amendments play a large roll, in the manner in which aspects of court procedure handled in both juvenile and adult court systems. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment were evolutionary in an effort to protect the rights of the people of the United States. Authoring the three amendments gave way to an overhaul in the judicial process, along with a significant change in judicial decision in American history.
“The Fourth Amendment provides the people of the United States, the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. Against unreasonable searches, and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons and things to be seized” (U.S Constitutional Amendments, 1972). The design of this Amendment is to create a type of barrier in order to protect individual rights to privacy, also preventing illegal search, and seizure of personal property. These search warrants are in
References: Kerr, O. (2005, December). Search and Seizures in a Digital World. Harvard Law Review, Vol. 119,(Issue 2), p. 531-585. Retrieved June 22, 2013 No Author U.S Constitutional Amendments, 1971, Retrieved June 22, 2013