Fifth Amendment Vs Due Process

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Due process is complicated and often misunderstood legal concept, especially as it applies to criminal law. Due process rights are established through the fifth amendment. Due process protection were extended to the states through the fourteenth amendment.
The fifth amendment states that" no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without the due process of law". This simple phrase gave life to thousands of cases in our local, state and federal courts. The fact is our fifth and fourteenth amendment gave us Americans' life through the judicial system and goes all the way up to our Supreme Court.
It is very important to understand the differences between substantial due process and procedural due process. Both are important to