UK Legal System

I really took interest in learning about the United Kingdoms legal system and learning about their rules and the way they run the country. The Magna Carta was originally written to give people their rights. But technically it only applied to the upper class. It was also interesting to learn that "trial by jury" came from the Magna Carta.
I found it interesting that individuals that were from a Protestant background could only be royals. I think that it is sad that if you want to marry someone of a different faith you have to give up your royal identity. I love that the Queen is the one that gets all the attention and not the King. I love the fact that there is a royal family and the people of Britain do as well because their was a vote in 2004 and 71% of the people in Britain elected to have a monarchy. Unlike the U.S. the Parliament is elected for five years and there are 649 members of Parliament. There are three stages of Parliament which include common then lords then on top is monarch which is Queen Elizabeth. I am excited because campaigning is going on right now for a new Prime Minister and I like that I can watch how they campaign and learn about what all the candidates stand for. Also because it is election time the House of Parliament is empty until the election which is May 6th.
In our Miranda Rights in the U.S. we have the line "you have the right to remain silent," but in the U.K. they do not say that. In the U.K. legal system they have three tiers of courts. The lowest tier is the Majistrates court, the second tier is Crown court and lastly the highest tier is the Supreme court.
I was intrigued to find out that the U.K. does not have the death penalty, I do not think we could ever get that passed in the states, places like Texas would never allow it. They do have a good reason though in the case of John Christy. He strangled women then had sex with them, but unfortunately another man (the wrong person) was hung before John Christy, that man was obviously wrongly accused.
Finally, there is no TV in the UK court rooms and only press are allowed in courtrooms. Unlike the U.S. the United Kingdom has no constitutions. We have a lot of similarity between our two countries, but our ways of running the country greatly differ.