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Protects defendants from incriminating themselves, rights to a trial and protection from cruel and unusual punishment.

5th: No person shall be held to answer unless indicted by a grand jury, cannot be tried twice for the same crime (double jeopardy), nor shall be compelled in a criminal case to be a witness against himself (self incrimination), nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken withouth just compensation (eminent domain).

6th: Right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.

7th: Common-law suits; the right of trial by jury shall be preserved.

8th: Cruel and unusual punishment forbidden; escessive bail or fines imposed shall not be required.

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