Among the most important rights is the right to confront the witnesses on whose testimony the government is relying to prosecute the accused. This right involves two important legal principles — hearsay and cross-examination.
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These state constitutions reflected an American consensus about the general importance of due process of law in criminal proceedings and about specific protections for the rights of accused persons.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on rights of accused (law), in law, the rights and privileges of a person accused of a crime, guaranteeing him a fair trial. ... All legal systems provide, at least on paper, guarantees that insure certain basic rights of the accused.
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The 36 teacher-created lessons collected in this publication are designed to introduce students to the rights of the accused and provide a scholarly study of these rights, exploring historical development as well as current application.
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A person suspected of committing a crime must be warned of his constitutional rights as an individual under the rule of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 16 L.Ed.
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2d 917, 88 S.Ct. 1889, the various cases which had been decided by the United States Supreme Court involving searches or seizures of persons were all determined solely on the basis of whether or not there had been an arrest and/or search and, if there had, whether or not the police officers making the arrest or search...
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When the writ is applied for, notice of the writ and of the time and place of hearing on the writ must be given to the prosecuting officer of the county in which the arrest was made and in which the accused is in custody and to the agent of the demanding state.
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The second is that, although in Ethiopia the formal power of constitutional interpretation may be lodged elsewhere, the Ethiopian judiciary has the power to enforce constitutional provisions relating to the human rights of persons caught up in the criminal justice system.
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In carrying out its statutory duties the Police has found it difficult to strike a balance between the enforcement of the law and the observance of the rights of accused persons or criminal suspects. Owing to ignorance it is generally believed that criminal suspects are not entitled to decent and humane treatment.
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Pending the outcome of such hearing, the accused shall be held in custody without bail, and, following such hearing, if the court denies the application for writ of habeas corpus, he shall continue to be so held until delivery to the agent of the demanding state.
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