2. The Gideon v. Wainwright case is significant in the advancement of the rights of the accused because they can have a fair trial without being denied by their judge and people who aren’t able to afford a lawyer can get one. The case is also significant because they have a right to council. The case changed many states because there were times that attorneys slept during the trial and even drunk. Which shows that some people were given an attorney who isn’t reliable to work on their case.
3. The supreme court hardly ever regards punishment other than the death penalty. The supreme court reinforced it in the year 2003 by sentencing 25 years for someone who is convicted of three felonies.
4. Lethal injection should be considered impermissibly cruel and unusual punishment because according to the eighth amendment, the defendant has the right to be punished fairly and cannot be harsh or cruel. I think that it is a terrible decision for lethal injection because the defendant should serve time for their crime instead of being put to death.
5. Based on my research, two decades is extremely too long to be on death row. Prisoners are …show more content…
Double jeopardy means that someone cannot be charged more than one for the same crime. However, if the same crime was committed then they would be charged again only if it was in a different state. Double jeopardy isn’t violated because civil court is two totally different courts. A civil court deals with noncriminal cases so therefore it wouldn’t be violated and criminal court is to try and punish a person against criminal law. Yes there is a case where double jeopardy occurred which is the Benton v.Maryland case. It would be very dangerous to know as a defendant because you could be innocent in one case and guilty in