The document summarizes the 5 rights guaranteed by the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution: 1) Right to a grand jury, 2) Protection against double jeopardy, 3) Right against self-incrimination, 4) Right to due process, and 5) Protection from eminent domain seizures without just compensation. It provides examples and additional details about each right to further explain what they mean and how they apply.

1. Rights of the Accused:
Understanding the 5th Amendment

2. What rights does the
5 th Amendment guarantee us?

3. What rights does the
5 th Amendment guarantee us?
1. right to a grand jury

4. What rights does the
5 th Amendment guarantee us?
1. right to a grand jury
2. no double jeopardy

5. What rights does the
5 th Amendment guarantee us?
1. right to a grand jury
2. no double jeopardy
3. no self-incrimination

6. What rights does the
5 th Amendment guarantee us?
1. right to a grand jury
2. no double jeopardy
3. no self-incrimination
4. right to due process

7. What rights does the
5 th Amendment guarantee us?
1. right to a grand jury
2. no double jeopardy
3. no self-incrimination
4. right to due process
5. eminent domain

8. 1 grand jury
a special type of jury that
investigates whether criminal
charges should be brought

9. 1 grand jury
Only applies to the federal
government.
About 50% of the states have
grand juries.

10. 2 double jeopardy
you cannot
be tried for
the same
crime twice

11. 2 double jeopardy
The government has more
resources (time and money), so
retrying cases would not be fair.

12. 2 double jeopardy
If a mistrial is declared, the
accused can be tried again.

13. 2 double jeopardy
A mistrial was
declared in the Phil
Spector murder case,
because only 10 of
the 12 jurors wanted
to convict.

14. 3 self-incrimination
means a
defendant
cannot be
forced to
testify
against
himself.

15. 3 self-incrimination
Ernesto Miranda
confessed to raping a 18
year old girl after 2
hours of police
questioning, but the
police never told him he
had the right to a
lawyer.

16. 3 self-incrimination
The one exception to the Miranda
rule is if public safety is
jeopardized.
Police can ask where
the gun is when making an arrest
in a public place.

17. 3 self-incrimination
The government require you
to provide “non-verbal” testimony.
fingerprints,
handwriting samples, fingernail
clippings, sobriety tests, police
line-ups, etc.

18. 4 due process
means the government
must be fair in all of its actions

19. 4 due process
When the police
set up roadblocks,
they’re supposed
to create a
randomized rule
(example: every fourth car) and not
stop anyone based on race or gender.

20. 4 due process
The government
usually cannot
take away a
benefit (like
welfare) without a
notice or a
hearing.

21. 4 due process
Before a student gets suspended,
they have a right to know the
accusations.
Students are not entitled to a
lawyer or to call witnesses.

22. 5 eminent domain
means the right
of the gov’t to
take private
property for
public use

23. 5 eminent domain
The government has to prove (to
a judge) it has a very good reason
to take your property.
It must pay you a fair amount for
whatever it takes.

24. 5 eminent domain
Mayor Isaacs tried to
use eminent domain
to re-sell Lexington
Mall, because the
abandoned
buildings are an
eyesore and attract
crime.