Abstract
Abstract Safeguarding the rights of suspects, witnesses, and victims is of paramount importance in the American criminal justice system. Criminal procedure, which is the legal process that the police, prosecutors, and judges must follow, works to ensure the rights of all individuals involved in the criminal justice system are followed. This legal process comes principally from the Bill of Rights (constitutional law) as well as in the form of state and federal laws (statutory law). One area that is increasingly affecting the criminal legal process involves individuals who do not speak English fluently or who have limited English proficiency (LEP). In fact, the United States is currently experiencing one of the largest immigration periods in its history. Images of English‐speaking defendants or prisoners in Eastern Europe or Latin American countries are often depicted when penal systems and so‐called “foreigners” intersect, but such occurrences actually take place in the United States. This entry outlines how the many aspects of criminal procedure intersect with individuals who do not speak English or who have LEP.
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