The Bill of Rights is an integral part of the United States judicial system. It also identifies rights given to criminally accused persons. Namely, it ensures the prohibition of the re-prosecution for the same offense, the right that nobody should testify against himself in a criminal case, and the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state or district wherein the crime was committed. The accused has the right to demand to be informed of the nature and reasons for the charge. Moreover, according to decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States interpreting constitutional provisions of criminal procedural law, it is recognized that the accused has the right to apply defense counsel in the case from the moment of detention. In this case, if the accused is unable to afford a lawyer, he is entitled to free legal aid in all important stages of the investigation and judicial proceedings, as well as an appeal against the sentence.
In plenty of states, however, the right to free legal assistance should be confined to those defendants who face arrest or the death penalty, and often this assistance is reduced to the presence in the interrogation. Therefore, in recent years, the majority of states established a variety of programs intended to fund free legal assistance provided by qualified lawyers, including in some categories of civil cases, and the budgets of state and local authorities. Speaking of enemy combatants and illegal aliens, I consider that no one should be discriminated against by the Bill of Rights regardless of his political or economic position as all people should possess equal basic rights. I agree that all men are created equal.