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Appendix B: The Bill of Rights

Criminal Justice | Appendix B: The Bill of Rights

Criminal Justice

An Overview of the System ADAM J. MCKEE

Appendix B: The Bill of Rights

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting

the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the

right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a

redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of

the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of

the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and e�ects,

against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants

shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or a�rmation, and

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particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be

seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless

on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land

or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public

danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same o�ense to be twice put in

jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness

against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of

law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public

trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been

committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be

informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the

witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his

favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars,

the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be

otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules

of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive �nes imposed, nor cruel and

unusual punishments in�icted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to

deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited

by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

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