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== Rights with Police ==
 
== Rights with Police ==
 
* [[Arrest]]
 
* [[Arrest]]
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* [[Confessions]]
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* [[Pretrial Identification]]
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* [[Right to Counsel]]
 
* [[Right to Silence]]
 
* [[Right to Silence]]
 
* [[Search and Seizure]]
 
* [[Search and Seizure]]
* [[Right to Counsel]]
 
* [[Confessions]]
 
* [[Pretrial Identification]]
 
  
 
== Rights at Detention ==
 
== Rights at Detention ==
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* [[Freedom from Punishment]]
 
* [[Right to Counsel]]
 
* [[Right to Counsel]]
 
* [[Right to Habeas Corpus]]
 
* [[Right to Habeas Corpus]]
* [[Right to be free of punishment]]
 
 
* Right to medical care
 
* Right to medical care
  
 
== Rights at Trial ==
 
== Rights at Trial ==
* [[Right to a Fair Trial]]
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* [[Double Jeopardy]]
* [[Right to Notice of Charges]]
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* [[Legality Principle]]
* Right to Trial by Jury
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* [[Presumption of Innocence]]
 
* [[Right to Compulsory Process]]
 
* [[Right to Compulsory Process]]
 
* [[Right to Confront Witnesses]]
 
* [[Right to Confront Witnesses]]
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* [[Right to Counsel (Trial)| Right to Counsel]]
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* [[Right to Fair Trial]]
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* [[Right to Notice of Charges]]
 
* [[Right to a Speedy Trial]]
 
* [[Right to a Speedy Trial]]
* [[Right to Counsel (Trial)| Right to Counsel]]
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* Right to Trial by Jury
* [[Presumption of Innocence]]
 
* [[Double Jeopardy]]
 
* [[Principle of Legality]]
 
  
 
== Sentencing ==
 
== Sentencing ==
 
* Right to sentence free of torture
 
* [[Right to sentence without cruel or unusual punishment]]
 
 
* [[Death Sentence]]
 
* [[Death Sentence]]
* Right to fines that are not excessive
 
 
* [[Ex Post Facto Punishment]]
 
* [[Ex Post Facto Punishment]]
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* [[Freedom from Cruel or Unusual Punishment]]
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* Freedom from Torture
 
* [[Right to Appeal]]
 
* [[Right to Appeal]]
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* Right Not to be Fined Excessively
  
 
== Rights in Prison ==
 
== Rights in Prison ==

Revision as of 11:56, 1 June 2010

Criminal defendants around the world are afforded many rights. The general theory behind these rights is that the government has enormous resources available to it for the prosecution of individuals; therefore, individuals are entitled to some protection from the misuse of those powers by the government.

In common law countries, many of the rights below have been shaped by the development, over decades, of case law; as a result, the rules can be very complex. This section should be viewed as an overview of the most significant rights defendants enjoy.


Rights with Police

Rights at Detention

Rights at Trial

Sentencing

Rights in Prison