AP Government
2015-2016
Unit 4: Civil Liberties
Lesson 7
I.
Introduction
A. Objective: Rights of the Accused
B.
II.
Do Now: Why is it important that the rights of the accused are protected?
Self-Incrimination
A. Fifth Amendment
III.
B.
Ashcraft v. Tennessee (1944) - #1
C.
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) - #2
Right to an Attorney
A. Sixth Amendment
B.
Powell v. Alabama (1932) – aka the Scottsboro Boys Case - #3
C.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) - #4
D. Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972) - #5
IV.
E.
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) - #6
F.
Nix v. Williams (1984) - #7
Terror Suspects
A. Vocabulary
1.
Unlawful Combatants
2.
Enemy Combatant
B. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) - #8
C.
V.
Rasul v. Bush (2004) - #9
Capital Punishment
A. Eighth Amendment
B. Gregg v. Georgia (1975) - #10
C.
Furman v. Georgia (1972) - #11
D. Woodson v. North Carolina (1976) - #12
E.
Ford v. Wainwright (1986) - #13
F.
Atkins v. Virginia (2002) - #14
G. Roper v. Simmons (2005) - #15
AP Government
VI.
2015-2016
Conclusion
A. While the Fifth and Sixth Amendments protect us from self-incrimination and our right to an attorney, we must
be told of our rights in any situation in which those rights may be used.
B.
Our due process protections are available to everyone, not just U.S. citizens, since they are considered a part of
human rights.
C.
While the Supreme Court has ruled, per se, that the death penalty is not unconstitutional, they have placed
limits on its use.
Key Terms, Concepts, Events, People, and Places:
Self-Incrimination
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda Rights/Warning
Powell v. Alabama
Gideon v. Wainwright
Escobedo v. Illinois
Enemy Combatants
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Rasul v. Bush
Gregg v. Georgia
Furman v. Georgia
Questions to Consider:
1.
Explain how the exclusionary rule can be applied to our Sixth Amendment right to an attorney. Use cases to
support your answer.
2.
How are the rights of the accused applied to “enemy combatants”? Be specific. Use cases to support your
argument.
3.
The Supreme Court has ruled many times that the death penalty does not constitute “cruel and unusual
punishment.” However, they have found that the use of the death penalty under certain conditions does
violate the Eighth Amendment. Explain those conditions and use cases to back up your argument.