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What Are The Flaws Of The Due Process Model

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In the United States Constitution, the Fourteenth Amendment, along with the Fifth Amendment, guarantees all citizens the right to due process of the law in all criminal proceedings. If we are to followed what is stated by the Constitution, the United States criminal justice system should adopt and use the Due Process Model.
The hypothetical situation that is presented to us in chapter two using the Crime Control Model clearly has many flaws. When the officer pulls up to scene of the crime it is immediately established that the man with the gun is the criminal. The man is then sent through the system and tried for murder because of the way the Crime Control Model is structured. He killed a man and now has to pay the consequences.
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