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→Amendment 6 [trial and court protections]
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'''{{#tip-text:[Amendment 6 overview]|Sixth Amendment | '''{{#tip-text:[Amendment 6 overview]|Sixth Amendment | ||
* | * regards criminal prosecutions | ||
* }}''' | ** = protection against abuse and arbitrary rule by the government | ||
* protects certain rights of the "accused" (someone charged with a crime), including: | |||
** jury trial in the jurisdiction in which the crime occurred | |||
** speedy trial | |||
** access to witnesses | |||
** legal assistance ("counsel" for "lawyer") | |||
* the Sixth Amendment importantly affirms due process and protects against arbitrary application of the law* }}''' | |||
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, | In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. | ||
by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. | |||
=== Amendment 7 [civil suits protection of jury & common law]=== | === Amendment 7 [civil suits protection of jury & common law]=== | ||