Analysis Of The System Made By The Framers During The Salem Witch Trials

The system made by the Framers was meant to keep the American people free and give rights to innocent people. If police could do whatever they wanted to, there would be a lot of people that are in jail for crimes they did not commit. Too much power for law enforcement would go to their heads and create monsters. I feel that during the Salem Witch trials, which took place before the Constitution, many people had the power to send someone to jail or be killed just by pointing a finger or saying they were a witch. They never had a probable cause to search their belongings, nor did they have strong evidence that proved they were witches, they went by word of mouth, which in any case in the United States today that would not be enough to convict