Due Process of Law
Of the 10 amendments that are the bill of Rights, Amendments Four, Five, Six, Seven, & Eight address criminal justice and rights of the accused. The fourth amendment was designed to prevent unreasonable or general searches and seizures without warrant or probable cause. This limits state police powers because it makes guidelines and restrictions for the search and seizure of "persons, houses, paper, and effects." These requirements however, don't necessarily apply to moving or movable objects and it's contents (i.e. cars and containers); because of safety concerns of both the public and police officers, the courts have been willing to limit the freedoms we have. As seen with the approved use of 'drug courier profiles,' drug wars have bent the interpretation of unreasonable search and seizure standards from 'with probable cause' to 'reasonable suspicion' and now 'slight suspicion that a person may have been involved in a crime. The Exclusionary Rule is used......
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