Question

The Bill of Rights was drafted to protect individuals from their own government, not from criminals. Because of this, the defendant in a criminal case has rights that are constitutionally protected. The victims of the crime do not have as many rights in the criminal trial as does the defendant. Should our legal system pay more attention to the victims of crime? How should the victim's rights be protected in a criminal trial?

Answer 1

Solution:

This is a peculiar case where we realize the laws that are protecting the defendant are more than the laws that are protecting the victims. This may sound wrong or unethical because of mathematical numbers but these numbers can be misleading because it is not the number of laws but the power associated with those laws is what matters. This is why, despite having fewer laws to protect the victims the victims have some of the strongest laws backing them and hence despite having fewer laws in their support they have a strong backing by some of the laws. This also ensures that no unethical aspect is being the part of our legal system. This is why I believe there is no need to change the current law system because the laws are well distributed and segregated to protect both the victims and defendants.

Hence, this is why it is not necessary for the government to have a look at this law which may look misleading but is not. And also, the explanation as to how the victims are protected even with fewer laws backing them.