The Fifth Amendment
Legal Rights
About the fifth amendment
The fifth amendment protects citizens against many things. This amendment gives people the right to a grand jury hearing. This amendment also protects people from being tried for the same crime twice. Amendment number five also allows a person to have the right to remain silent so that they don't "tell on themselves"(taking or pleading the fifth). This amendment also makes sure that people sent deprived of life liberty or property without due process of law. Lastly, this amendment states that government can't take private property and use it for public use without paying a fair price for said property.
Due Process
The fifth amendment states that government must go through a process called due process. Due process is the concept that the government must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law.
Grand Jury Hearing
The fifth amendment states that government must go through a process called due process. Due process is the concept that the government must follow clear rules and act reasonably as it carries out the law.
Just Compensation
In the fifth amendment it mentions just compensation. Just compensation means that the government can't take someone's private land and use it for the public without paying a fair amount for the property.
Key concepts of the fifth amendment
-Double jeopardy
-Self-Incrimination
-Due process
-Defendant
-Compensation
5th Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.