Due Process of Law

This lesson stresses the importance of protecting people accused of crime until they are proven guilty. Students learn the role the Bill of Rights plays in guaranteeing due process of law to those accused of a crime as they pass through the judicial system.<p/P>

Help your students examine:
●The role of the Bill of Rights
●Principles of the Fourth Amendment, especially as they apply to probable cause
●Effects of the Sixth Amendment on the lives of accused criminals
●“Excessive bail” and “cruel and unusual punishment” as provisions of the Eighth Amendment

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Ideal for Grades: 9 - 12
Duration: 30 minute episode
Closed Captioned
Producer: 1998 Dallas Telelearning
Series #763