Use this excerpt from the text to answer the question. "John Adams, a rising lawyer in Boston, was also present [at the First Continental Congress]. Adams had defended the British officers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre, despite his opposition to British colonial policies. By the time of the First Continental Congress, he had become a staunch supporter of independence as well as a brilliant political analyst."By making sure the British officers got a fair trial, Adams upheld which cornerstone of English law?

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