Our founding fathers didn't come here on vacation...The United States was FORMED by persons who were essentially being treated as criminals in their native counties, and thus our system of law is set up ON PURPOSE to be one that heavily protects the rights of those accused of crimes or being "scumbags, degenerates, and moochers". Doesn't mean it's "fair", nor is it intended to be. But it IS the reality of American jurisprudence.