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U.S. Constitution Amendments Related to Criminal Law
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Amendment IV
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause.
Amendment V
Provides the right to due process, prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy, and mandates the compensation for the taking of private property.
Amendment VI
Guarantees the right to a fair trial, a public trial, an impartial jury, a trial in the state where the crimes were committed, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to a lawyer.
Amendment VIII
Prohibits excessive fines and bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
Amendment XIV
Includes the Due Process Clause, which protects the first Amendment rights of the citizens against state infringement, and the Equal Protection Clause, which ensures equality under the law.
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 XIII
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Amendment XV
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Amendment I
Establishes freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
Amendment III
Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, outlawing it in peacetime.
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