The equal protection clause? Requires government to treat all people equally

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Ch. 15 Study Guide Terms I need to know!! Answer the following:

Standardized Test Practice Complete #’s D Common Law 2. A Torts 3. B Defendant 4. C Plea Bargaining 5. C ancient laws passed down through generations

6. DCode of Hammurabi 7. A Misdemeanor 8. CA company breaks a contract to build someone’s house 9. A Why they are being held 10. BCriminal law 11. DLittering

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Terms I need to know!! 1. Writ- requires that an official who has arrested someone bring that person to court and explain why they are being held 2. Plaintiff- Party that brings charges against an alleged criminal 3. Bill of attainder- punishes accused person w/o a trial 4. Lawsuit- term for a civil case that has gone to court. 5. Defendant- Individual or group accused of a crime 6. Misdemeanor- crime that holds less serious consequences than a felony 7. Tort- wrongful act involving damage or injury 8. Precedents- legal opinions that became part of the common law 9. Grand Jury- Group of citizens who decide whether there is enough evidence to prove that a crime was committed 10. Due Process of Law- require the govt. to follow the law and treat all people equally

11. Ex post facto law- a law allowing punishment for an act that was not unlawful when it was committed 12. Felony- serious crime, such as murder 13. Equal protection clause- forbids unfair treatment on the basis of race 14. Code of Hammurabi- set harsh penalties for crimes, 1 st written law code 15. Common law- basic rights; English legal system brought to North America by colonists 16. Plea bargaining- a way to avoid trial

Answer the following: 1. Who can write a statute? U.S. Congress 2. Both juries and judges need to be ___________? Which means? unbiased 3. Provide examples of English Common Law… Basic rights, “Trial by Jury” 4. If a grand jury finds sufficient evidence, it indicts or? Issues a formal charge 5. Who was Miranda? Why was he important to our legal system? Defendant in a criminal case, Miranda Rights impartial

6. Most criminal laws in the United States involve? State laws 7. Who updated the Justinian Code? Napoleon 8. Good laws must be? Reasonable 9. If you are the victim of an unreasonable search, which law is involved? Constitutional Law Fourth Amendment, protection from unreasonable searches and seizures

10. Public law concerns alleged violations of Constitutional rights? 11. If police gain evidence in a way that violates the Fourth Amendment, that evidence may not be used in a trial. What rule?? Exclusionary rule