Can someone answer this question for me?

Question

Discuss which constitutional right is the most valuable to an accused person during trial?Explain your reasoning

Answer 1

The right not to incriminate oneself.

I think the reasoning behind should be obvious.

Answer 2

Well, just this once, I will help you with your homework.

Now, onto your question.

The most valuable right is the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The second most important is the right to a jury trial.

If you live somewhere where you're presumed guilty then the trials are always a farce(think Texas). Jury trials are important you are being judged by people from your own community, not by legal professionals or members of the upper class.

Now, do your own homework!

Answer 3

Whenever I see "Disscuss.... " and "Explain..." it sounds like a homework assignment.

There is no single correct answer. Look the 5th Amendment protections for Due Process and the Privilege against Self- Incrimination, and all the 6th Amendment protections.

Try to imagine what a trial would be like without each of these. The point of the exercise is to get you to think about why each of those protections is important, and what a trial would be like without them.

Then, pick whichever one you think is most important.

Answer 4

5th amendment because it allows you to protect yourself from incriminating yourself.