Today, the U.S. Criminal Justice System has more general laws for the benefit of every one. Everything that happens on a jury would be recorded and would stay it the court; like a secret, also judges are required to treat each person equally. The U.S. Criminal Justice System is divided in two branches: the states and the federal branch; they both work together to make justice for criminals and victims of crimes. U.S. constitutional Bill of Rights is made of specific laws for criminals based on British abuses; this laws are called amendments. This amendments were created by the first congress, James Madison, in 1789. They were made to stop the federal government from limiting the citizens rights.
Criminal Justice System began on the seventeenth's century. Everyone who has been accused is going to be innocent until proven guilty. Everything that happens on a jury would be recorded and would stay it the court. At the end the judges would decide if the person is guilty or innocent and if guilty, and their punishment. The U.S. constitutional Bill of Rights is made of specific laws for criminals; to stop the federal government from limiting their rights. According to Census: in 1990 there were 773,919 criminals in the U.S. compared to the 2008 there were 1,609,606; this means that the number of criminals have been increasing each year more and more.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s0345.pdf
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