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American law has a system of due process and justice to protect the accused (the criminal defendant), who is considered innocent until proven guilty.
- Create a 2-3 page office memorandum identifying three Constitutional protections that safeguard the rights of the accused.
- For each protection, explain how it operates and how it protects the criminal defendant. Provide at least one example for each protection
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The American law has come up with a system of due process and justice that protects the
accused who is considered innocent until proven guilty. According to United States (1880), this
system is realized through the amendments categorized as 5th, 6th and the 8th amendment.
The Fifth Amendment states that for a serious crime, a citizen cannot be accused without the
provision of a jury investigation. In this case also double jeopardy described as the act of
presenting an accused person a second time for trail of the same crime is forbidden. No law shall
allow a person to be held to answer for an infamous crime (Regoli, R et al…2010). This can only
happen upon impeachment of a grand jury. A person shall also not be bound to any offence used
as a witness against him, deprived of property, life or in any case liberty with...
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