US Bill Of Rights Excerpt Analysis

The US Bill of Rights, written in 1791, was to further explain what the relationship between the people and their government should be. This in return extended the policy of due process of law which was crucial to have a fair relationship between government and the people. Due process of law takes power away from the government by making them go through a process to proceed with certain actions. The government’s limitations are written in the excerpts in the document. One excerpt from the US Bill of Rights it reads that ¨The accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial¨ This excerpt explains that all people have a right to a trial and the accused isn’t punished till proven guilty. This becomes due process of law in that the
government must go through fair procedures to convict a person of a crime or they must go through a process. Speaking of crimes, the document also speaks that ¨nor cruel and unusual punishments be inflicted.¨ This demonstrates that the government can’t give strange or unfair punishments towards people accused of a crime. The government must go through a process with a set of rules to issue the correct punishment for each crime. Before the people implemented due process of law, this created a biased and unfair society where government could punish anyone for any reason and give a punishment based on their one-sided opinions. Due process of law created a government in which everyone is equal and the government would need to go through a fair process to arrange anything that could cause a person harm.