The rights of the accused

1. Origins of the United States Constitution

2. The Constitutional Convention

3. Birth of the Bill of Rights

4. The Supreme Court and the Bill of Rights before the Civil War

5. The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights

6. Fifth Amendment : the freedom from self-incrimination

7. Fifth Amendment : protection from double jeopardy

8. Fifth and Sixth Amendments : due process and jury trials : guarantees of fairness

9. Sixth Amendment : the right to counsel

10. Eighth Amendment : cruel and unusual punishment

11. Conclusion.