Examine the origins, development, and structure of the U.S. judicial system. -

Instructional Objectives for this activity:

In this week’s learning activities, you were introduced to crime control in a constitutional democracy, and began your exploration of criminal procedure as it relates to the foundation of our criminal justice system, the U.S. Constitution.

Please respond to all of the following prompts:

A key concept in our judicial system is due process, which you will examine in this week’s discussion.

What is the meaning of “procedural due process?”
How did the expansion of the Bill of Rights change due process?

Describe the “due process revolution.”

Samaha, Joel. (2015). Criminal Procedure, 9th, Ed. Boston, MA: Cengage.

The minimum expectation for class discussions is to respond directly to each part of the discussion prompt and to respond to at least two other posts, either by a student or instructor, by the end of the week:

Submit one main post responding directly to each part of the discussion prompt.
- This should be a substantive response to the topic(s) in your own words, referencing what you have discovered in your required reading and other learning activities.
- You may use resources in addition to your textbook that support your post(s); however, you must mention the source(s) that you used in your post(s)

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