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1
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The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does

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due process

2
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The government must create fair policies and laws

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substantive due process

3
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The government must employ fair procedures and methods

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procedural due process

4
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state power to enact laws promoting health, safety, and morals

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police power

5
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a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court

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search warrant

6
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forced labor

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involuntary servitude

7
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unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

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discrimination

8
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legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled

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writs of assistance

9
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a reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime

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probable cause

10
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evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person from whom it was seized

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exclusionary rule

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A court order which prevents unjust arrests and imprisonments

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writ of habeas corpus

12
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a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial

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bill of attainder

13
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a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed

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ex post facto law

14
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the formal device by which a person can be accused of a serious crime

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grand jury

15
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an accusation of wrongdoing

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indictment

16
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the Fifth Amendment right providing that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime

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double jeopardy

17
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a trial in which the judge alone hears the case

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bench trial

18
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the constitutional rights which police must read to a suspect before questioning can occur

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Miranda Rule

19
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a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial

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bail

20
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a law which allows federal judges to order that an accused felon be held, without bail, when there is good reason to believe that he or she will commit yet another serious crime before trial

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preventive detention

21
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putting a condemned person to death

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capital punishment

22
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Betrayal of one’s country

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treason