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The American Constitution protects many rights of American citizens. Among the most significant is the right to a jury trial.

The juvenile justice system parallels the adult criminal justice system in process, but the prime focus is rehabilitation and avoiding criminal stigmas.

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to explicitly limit the federal government, but there was concern that naming specific rights would exclude others.

In the federal judicial system and in every state there is a process to contest criminal convictions or sentences. This is the appellate process.

Physicians, medical researchers and legislators have expressed increasing concern about whether the civil justice system is still best for trying medical liability cases.