Knowledge Is Power: Atty. Behn Joseph O Tesiorna Lecturer
Knowledge Is Power: Atty. Behn Joseph O Tesiorna Lecturer
Knowledge Is Power: Atty. Behn Joseph O Tesiorna Lecturer
ARTICLE III
BILL OF RIGHTS
Section 1. No person shall be
deprived of life, liberty, or property
without due process of law, nor
shall any person be denied the
equal protection of the laws.
Equal Protection
Clause
The laws of a state must treat an
individual in the same manner as others in
similar conditions and circumstances.
person shall be
a witness against
Habeas Corpus
[Latin:Youhavethebody.]Awrit(courtorder
)thatcommands
anindividualoragovernmentofficialwho
has restrained another to produce the
prisoner
at
a
designated
timeandplacesothatthe
courtcandeterminethelegalityofcustodya
nddecidewhethertoordertheprisoner's
release.
Awritofhabeascorpusdirectsaperson,usu
allyaprison
warden,toproducetheprisonerandjustifyt
heprisoner'sdetention.
If
the
prisoner
ex post facto
adj.Latinfor"afterthefact,"whichrefe
rstolaws
adoptedafteranactiscommittedmaki
ngitillegalalthoughit was legal when
done,
or
increases
the
penalty
foracrimeafteritiscommitted.
BILL OF ATTAINDER?
Alegislative act, directed against a designated
person, pronouncing him guilty of an alleged
crime, (usually treason,) without trial or
conviction according to the recognized
rules of procedure, and passing sentence of
death and attainder upon him. Bills of
attainder, as they are technically called, are
such special acts of thelegislature as inflict
capital punishments upon persons supposed to
be guilty of high offenses, such as treason and
felony, without any conviction in the ordinary
course of judicialproceedings.
END OF LECTURE