Victimology has always attracted me. I have always believed, as several researchers and practitioners have indicated, that the rights of the accused are weighted somewhat more heavily than the rights of the victims. This is inevitable: from time immemorial accused persons have been victimised by those that governed and, to a large extent, by the criminal justice system. When does a person turns into the accused? There are several standards of rights, responsibilities, and limitations around the globe which may categorise a person accused of an offence if the same crosses the said standard. The ancient legal philosophers knew that if a man was not given the right to fair trial, the entire society would fall victim to autocracy and the misuse and abuse of sovereign power; and the cycle of blood feud, hate crimes, and victimisation would continue indefinitely. The ancient Vedic scriptures, and the Greek and Roman scriptures therefore advocated the creation of a body of rights for the accused.