If two people of different ethnic backgrounds were guilty of the same crime, but only one of them were accused and tried, this would be a violation of

If people of different ethnic backgrounds committed the same crime but only one was accused and tried because of their ethnicity, the government would be treating them unequally. That violates the equal protection principle and the right to fair legal procedures under due process. Choice A, “due process and equal protection under the law,” is correct.

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