How does the 5th amendment effect me, a thirteen-year-old girl?

Question

I'm doing a report on how the amendments effect me in my life. I don't really understand the fifth one - help???

Answer 1

As a thirteen year old, you most likely would not be greatly affected by the Fifth Amendment which is concerned with your rights should you commit a capital offense or crime. For the sake of your report, let's say you were accused of murdering someone and were to be tried as an adult for the alleged crime... In that case, you must be indicted by a Grand Jury who have heard the case against you (if you had pleaded not guilty); you have the right to a court-appointed attorney if you can not afford to pay a private one. You do not have to testify in court if your testimony could incriminate you; and if a jury should find you not guilty of the crime, you can not then be tried again for the same crime even if future evidence should prove you guilty (that is the double jeopardy portion of the amendment). You also, when accused of the above theoretical murder, could not held indefinitely in prison or deprived of your life without having been allowed a trial by jury of your peers (those who are ordinary people like yourself) to determine your guilt or innocence after having heard the evidence against you and your lawyer's rebuttal on your behalf. The final sentence of the amendment deals with property, so let's use the example of your home where you live with your parents. In the event that the state, county, or city in which you live decided to build a freeway or other construction through or on that site, they could not simply seize your property but must pay your parents (the owners) a fair price, and your family would also have the right to debate that price if they believed it to be too low.
I hope that what I've written will be helpful to you...

Answer 2

The 5th amendment says that you get a trial by jury, you can't be tried twice for the same crime, you don't have to testify in court against yourself, and that you can't have your property taken without going to court first.

So with that said, How does that effect your everyday life? Well you will probably have to get creative. For example, if you are accused of a crime you didn't commit (I doubt this would happen but whatever) you have the chance to go to court and be tried and proven innocent, instead of just getting thrown in jail without due process.

Answer 3

Well, Liss, since G.W. Bush has technically suspended Habeas Corpus, the 5th Amendment could possibly have no effect (or benefit) in your life whatsoever.

I strongly suggest you look up "Habeas Corpus" and write your report on this.

Answer 4

I'm thirteen also and it affects us by not giving the judicial branch all the power it court. having us not testify against ourselves, cant be tried twice for the same crime,but the most important is not having private property getting taken by law. it basically prevents us from being a communist country.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

You are not required to admit to anything that might incriminate you in a crime. The rest may or may not apply due your age.