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to prevent autocracy and majority tyranny
The three-branch system established a strong central government without giving too much power to any one group.
They wanted amendments to be made thoughtfully and with consensus. (APEX)
It was included so that one individual in the government could become too powerful. America did not want a king or queen like England because they had experienced the utter tyranny that came from their form of government. Of course that was then and it is not quite like that today.
Framers addressed the legal treatment of the accused in so many amendments because they wanted to prevent political persecution using criminal procedures.