The Importance Of Amendments

There has been many Amendments that have been passed to protect the American citizen and his or her rights. Each Amendments in the Bill of Rights and the Articles in the United States Constitution all have a specific role to play in the American society. However, the most important articles are in the Bill of Rights. The Amendment V of the Bill of Rights is the most important one out of the whole ten original Amendments. Amendment V promotes and protects the American idea of unalienable rights of “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.” Amendment V basically protects a person from being thrown in jail unless properly indicted by the police in a correct manner. The Amendment also promotes the rights to due process, making the state and country respect the individual being accused of the crime and his or her legal rights. This Amendment also …show more content…
In Louisiana, there has been officers who have arrested citizens without any proof (probably clause) to do so. The officers made arrests based on their feeling about the person. This is against Amendment V’s reasoning about making accurate arrests based on facts and thorough research of the perpetrator. The officers also detained citizens claiming it was for investigation and pressured them to talk about the crimes around Louisiana. These officers disregarded the right of due process and Amendment’s rights about not talking till the citizen has an attorney. There was a recent article on December 29, 2016 about Shawn Williams, an inmate wanting a retrial for a 1993. The reason being is that the woman was pressured to give him away to the police in 1993. With this information, Williams was wrongfully accused and is believed to still be innocent. This was due to the lack of forensics that was used so the imbalance in forensics and witness testimony was clearly