THE PREAMBLE AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS By 1787‚ Americans were dissatisfied with the current form of the United States government. The Articles of Confederation‚ although adequate when created‚ had some major draw backs. An elite group‚ known as the framers‚ assembled to form a more perfect union. The framers believed the United States needed a Constitution that would be for the common man. Over the summer of 1787 several committees met to create the preamble for the people. The most renowned committee
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the 2nd information was the same as the 1st so the counsel of the accused offered that reading of information is waived and plea of not guilty be directly entered. ISSUE: * WON the court erred in in forfeiting the petitioner’s bail bond for his non-appearance during trial. Stated otherwise‚ what are the instances where the presence of the accused during trial is indispensable? May a counsel enter a plea in behalf of the accused? RULING: * The forfeiture of the bail bond was inappropriate. A bail
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Legal Rights Afforded to the Accused James Parkins CJ227: Criminal Procedure November 11‚ 2013 In this paper we will be discussing the procedural steps that the police are required to take once John began to incriminate himself along with the procedural steps they are required to take following the arrest and interview of John at the police station. After covering the procedural steps we will compare both the preliminary hearing and grand jury proceeding to establish probable
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Justifying the Bill of Rights Jennifer Kay Holbrook Leg107 Queen Meheux May 5‚ 2013 Strayer University [i] Abstract The Bill of Rights is a vital document to the freedoms that are afforded us as citizens of the United States of America. In order to have order within a society laws must be enacted to protect and defend the citizens within. Justifying the Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights was written quite a while ago and it is more relevant
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important. The law system of the United States is like that of any other nation. It has room for error. It was created by humanity and just like it’s creator it can have imperfections. These possible imperfections are shown in the movie when the The Accused was very useful as a law-related learning tool because it gave examples of procedures in our legal system and even gave me a chance to see what a trial might be like in real life. I truly enjoyed watching this movie because Jodie Foster and Kelly
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Justifying the Bill of Rights Professor Maria Toy‚ J.D. LEG107 The amendments to the United States Constitution play an important role in the history‚ politics and law of our country. When the Bill of Rights was originally proposed to the First Federal Congress in 1789 by James Madison‚ the intent was for the amendments to be integrated into the original text of the Constitution. As we now know‚ Madison’s idea did not prevail and Congress decided the first ten amendments and the subsequent
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of The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights has generally been regarded as an essential protection for the people from the undue oppressions of their government. The Bill of Rights originally only applied to the federal government‚ not state governments. The Bill of Rights were gradually made suitable to state governments through the process of incorporation. The “incorporation of the Bill of Rights” is the legal technique that has allowed the gradual application of the Bill of Rights to protect
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Raljun J. Maturan BSCE 1a_b1 07-05-13 Reaction paper about National Territory of the Philippines The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago‚ with all the islands and waters embraced therein‚ and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction‚ consisting of its terrestrial‚ fluvial and aerial domains‚ including its territorial sea‚ the seabed‚ the subsoil‚ the insular shelves‚ and other submarine areas. The waters around‚ between
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message of the movie was trying to get across. The second trial for the men who were encouraging the rape is the central matter of the film. It points out that criminal solicitation is just as wrong as the crime itself. The film did a good quality job in portraying the reality of a rape crime for a woman in a lower social-class. Whether a person is in low-class or high-class socially‚ does not make them more indecent. It also showed the difficulty of being heard when the woman is not so innocent
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