"The Bill of Wrongs" is the third episode of the first part of the fourth season and the twenty-seventh overall episode of the HBO television series Oz.
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The Bill of Rights. Those first 10 amendments to the constitution. We invented them. Us. The U.S. of A. Before our founding fathers dipped their quills into the inkwell and wrote the Bill of Rights, no other country had ever defined a government's responsibility to its people. The prime responsibility being to preserve liberty. Liberty! Of course, there are those who take all kinds of liberties with liberty.
Prisoner number 00M871, Enrique Morales. Convicted April 6th, 2000. Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 25 years! Up for parole in 15!
No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless under presentment or indictment of grand jury. Now, that's part of article five of the Bill of Rights. The first two articles get all the press. You know, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the gun thing. But article five, baby, that's the one you gotta cling to when they slap on them cuffs. No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be witness against himself, nor deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Deprived of life.
The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated! And no warrants shall issue but, upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Article 8. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment. Ha! Cruel and unusual. In Oz, cruel is the usual punishment.
The Declaration of independence says that we are, all of us, due certain rights, the most important being life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I mean, and isn't that what it's all about? Life, liberty, Happiness!
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Unnamed (Flashback) - Beat to death by Enrique Morales
Raoul Hernandez - Stabbed to death by Bob Rebadow
Crime Flashbacks:[]
Enrique Morales: Second degree murder