Social Studies?

Question

can you help me define the following?

double jeopardy

due process of law

hung jury

cruel and unusual punishment

THX!

Answer 1

1. Double Jeopardy- You can't be tried for the same crime twice.

2.Due Process-is the principle that the government must normally respect all of a person's legal rights instead of just some or most of those legal rights when the government deprives a person of life, liberty, or property. Due process has also been frequently interpreted as placing limitations on laws and legal proceedings in order to guarantee fundamental fairness, justice, and liberty.

3. Hung Jury- is a jury that can not agree upon a verdict after an extended period of deliberation and is deadlocked with irreconcilable differences of opinion

4. cruel and unusual punishment-No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment'

Answer 2

Double jeopardy - is a legal rule that operates to stop an accused person being placed in jeopardy of conviction of the same crime on more than one occasion.

Due process of law - is a legal concept that ensures the government will respect all of a person's legal rights instead of just some or most of those legal rights when the government deprives a person of life, liberty, or property.

Hung jury - is a jury whose required majority can not reach or agree upon a unanimous verdict after an extended period of deliberation and is deadlocked with irreconcilable differences of opinion.

Cruel and unusual punishment - punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed

Answer 3

Double jeopardy - is a legal rule that operates to stop an accused person being placed in jeopardy of conviction of the same crime on more than one occasion.

Due process of law - is a legal concept that ensures the government will respect all of a person's legal rights instead of just some or most of those legal rights when the government deprives a person of life, liberty, or property.

Hung jury - is a jury whose required majority can not reach or agree upon a unanimous verdict after an extended period of deliberation and is deadlocked with irreconcilable differences of opinion.

Cruel and unusual punishment - punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed

Answer 4

double jeopardy- 1 : the putting of a person on trial for an offense for which he or she has previously been put on trial under a valid charge : two adjudications for one offense
2 : considerable danger or trouble from two sources

Due process of law- Due Process of law implies and comprehends the administration of laws equally applicable to all under established rules which do not violate fundamental principles of private rights, and in a competent tribunal possessing jurisdiction of the cause and proceeding upon justice. It is founded upon the basic principle that every man shall have his day in court, and the benefit of the general law which proceeds only upon notice and which hears and considers before judgement is rendered.

hung jury- is a jury that can not agree upon a verdict after an extended period of deliberation and is deadlocked with irreconcilable differences of opinion

cruel and unusual punishment- 'A penalty offends the proscription against cruel and unusual punishment when it is 'so disproportionate to the crime for which it is inflicted that it shocks the conscience and offends fundamental notions of human dignity.

Answer 5

Here's how to find it (easily) on your own:
Google: "define (then type the word you want defined)
Dictionary.com
Wikipedia.com