In 1791, there was a ratification of The Bill of Rights, which contains the first ten amendments to the Constitution. These amendments are applied regarding the rights of people to have freedom of thought, spiritual issues and all of these issues’ expressions (Amendment I); as well as the rights of owning properties and maintain people’s safety (Amendment II, III, IV). In addition, the Bill of Rights protects people from unreasonable accusing and from the government’s tyranny and/or arbitrary (Amendment IV, V, VI, VII, VIII). A part of the Bill of Rights is the guideline to interpret the Constitution (Amendment IX), and insists the rights reserved to states or people (Amendment X). The first Amendment mentions about there will be no law respecting
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This Amendment mentions the right to keep silent in case of being prosecuted and the right to be heard before the government’s act on his/her crime. Lastly, it is the right of people to have compensation if the government took their private properties for public use. The sixth Amendment describes the right of people to have the trial without delay in case he/she is prosecuted with a crime, as well as to have the lawyer to help him/her defense the sentence. Besides, this amendment insists the right to know the witnesses against him/her, and the accusation he/she will be facing. This Amendment helps the prosecution be held fairly and accurately. According to the seventh Amendment, if the value of the controversy exceeds a certain amount (for $20 at the time the amendment was ratified, equals to $75000 at this time), the court will be set and there will be a trial by the jury. This amendment is based on the common law. The eighth Amendment mentions cases in which the serious crime has happened, the accuser cannot be released by bail due to the threatening to public security, but the government is not able to keep the defendant over the certain amount of time for prosecution. In the other hand, the accuser will not be punished by cruel methods for his/her
This Amendment mentions the right to keep silent in case of being prosecuted and the right to be heard before the government’s act on his/her crime. Lastly, it is the right of people to have compensation if the government took their private properties for public use. The sixth Amendment describes the right of people to have the trial without delay in case he/she is prosecuted with a crime, as well as to have the lawyer to help him/her defense the sentence. Besides, this amendment insists the right to know the witnesses against him/her, and the accusation he/she will be facing. This Amendment helps the prosecution be held fairly and accurately. According to the seventh Amendment, if the value of the controversy exceeds a certain amount (for $20 at the time the amendment was ratified, equals to $75000 at this time), the court will be set and there will be a trial by the jury. This amendment is based on the common law. The eighth Amendment mentions cases in which the serious crime has happened, the accuser cannot be released by bail due to the threatening to public security, but the government is not able to keep the defendant over the certain amount of time for prosecution. In the other hand, the accuser will not be punished by cruel methods for his/her