Nope. Sorry. I don't want to make it easier for the state when it comes to criminal prosecution

[jberryhill]

214. Get a copy of the Bill of Rights

In this context, we are talking about the power of the government to deprive people of their liberty by locking people up or even executing them.

The primary concern of the authors seems not to be making sure that bad guys get punished. The primary concern seems to be making it hard for the government to lock people up or even execute them.

When you talk about "my Constitutional rights", you are including:

1. The right not to be compelled to testify against yourself.

2. The right to a speedy trial.

3. The right to a public trial.

4. The right to a trial by jury.

5. The right not to have excessive bail.

6. The right to compulsory process to obtain evidence and witnesses in your favor.

7. The right to an attorney.

8. The right to confront witnesses against you.

9. The right not to receive cruel and unusual punishment.

10. The right to be informed of the charges against you.

And a host of other ancillary procedural rights.

There is nothing, zip, nada, in there about any rights of crime victims. Again, it seems like the authors were much more concerned about giving the government unchecked power to lock people up or execute them.

We've only gotten serious about some of these rights within the last several decades or so. Even the right to an attorney was, before Gideon v Wainright, interpreted as the right to hire one if you can afford one, and not that the state should pick up the tab.

The whole scheme is biased toward protecting people against being locked up or executed. The authors of the thing seem to have been much more worried about being potential victims of a tyrannical government than being victims of crime.