defense rights
Accused person's entitlements
Defense rights are legal protections afforded to a person accused of a crime, ensuring fair treatment within the justice system.
These include the right to legal counsel, to remain silent, to confront accusers, and to a speedy trial.
The term appears most often in discussions of criminal procedure and constitutional law: The judge ruled that the defendant's defense rights had been violated.
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- legal representationAttorney acting on behalf
- court appointedDesignated by judicial authority
- fair trialImpartial judicial proceeding
- speedy trialTimely court proceeding guaranteed
presumption of innocence · innocent until proven · equal protection · stand your ground · Geneva Conventions · plea bargaining · extradition laws · double jeopardy · bail hearing · habeas corpus · burden of proof · cross-examination · witness testimony · discovery process · cruel and unusual punishment · due diligence · expert witnesses · legal motions
defense rightsgovernment powers
Legal capacities of the state
state authority · police powers · sovereign immunity · subpoena power
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