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Amendment-6

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The 6th Amendment

The Right to a Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses

 

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      In court, the accused has the right to a speedy, public trial, with an unprejudiced jury. The jury will be from the state and the district where the crime was committed, this district will have previously examined by law, and to tell about the nature and cause of the accusation. The accused also has the right to witnesses be confronted by witnesses against him/her.  To have a required process of getting favor to the witness, and to have help for the Counsel for his/her defense.[1]

     The his amendment was created "An important safegaurd to prevent undue and oppressive incarceration priar to trial, to minimize anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation and to limit the possibly that long delay will impair the abilition an accused to defend himself."[2] Since the 6th amendment was one of the First ten amendments, it is included in the Bill of Rights. People would not pass the Constitution without a Bill of Rights. A Bill of Rights is a list of freedoms a citizen gets to ensure their rights.

 

The Bill of Rights includes:

 

 

 

 

The States that Ratified and in Order

  1. New Jersey     -     Nov 20, 1789

  2. Maryland     -     Dec 19, 1789

  3. North Carolina     -     Dec 22, 1789

  4. South Carolina      -    Jan 19, 1790

  5. New Hampshire     -     Jan 25, 1790

  6. Delaware      -     Jan 28, 1790

  7. New York      -     Feb 24, 1790

  8. Pennsylvania     -      Mar 10, 1790

  9. Rhode Island      -     Jun 7, 1790

  10. Vermont     -      Nov 3, 1791

  11. Virginia     -     Dec 15, 1791[3]

 

 

 

It took 811 days (about 2 years and 2 months), it was finally ratified December 15, 1791 (12/15/1791).[4] 

 

Court Cases:

  1. Crawford vs. Washingon
  2. Betts vs. Brady
  3. United States vs. Carll
  4. Hamilton vs. Alabama
  5. Ford vs. Wainwright
  6. Beavers vs. Henkel
  7. Rothgery vs. Gillespie County

 

 

Reasons For and Against the 6th Amendment 

For Against
The defendent has a trial that seems more fair to themselves. The defendent may not know exactly how to defend themselves in court and may turn up ill-equiped.
   

 

 

 

 

 

The US Constitution

    The U.S. Constitution was created on September 17, 1787. The U.S. constitution was created to make a set of laws in the country. Also it was created to allow the government to have more power in the country.

 

 

 

 

 

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Footnotes

  1. Mount, Steve. "The United States Constitution." 24 October 2008 . USConstitution.net. 12 January 2009 . ▲
  2. United States v. Ewell, 383 U.S. 116, 120 (1966). See also Klopfer v. North Carolina, 386 U.S. 213, 221 -22 (1967); Smith v. Hooey, 393 U.S. 374, 377 -379 (1969); Dickey v. Florida, 389 U.S. 30, 37 -38 (1970). ▲
  3. Mount, Steve. "Ratification of Constitutional Amendments." 27 August 2007. USConstitution.net. 12 January 2009 . ▲
  4. Mount, Steve. "Ratification of Constitutional Amendments." 27 August 2007. USConstitution.net. 12 January 2009 . ▲

Comments (15)

wikiuser0028 said

at 8:05 am on Jan 21, 2009

that chart does not look original.
looks copied and pasted!

wikiuser0027 said

at 8:07 am on Jan 21, 2009

not bad... seen better!!!

wikiuser0028 said

at 8:11 am on Jan 21, 2009

what amendment five??

wikiuser0027 said

at 8:18 am on Jan 21, 2009

no!!... yours!!... try harder!!!!

wikiuser0027 said

at 8:19 am on Jan 21, 2009

maps hard to read!

wikiuser0005 said

at 8:09 pm on Jan 21, 2009

agreed....add a little more info to that chart above to show more of what the chart is talking about...confuses me a little bit

wikiuser0006 said

at 8:32 am on Jan 22, 2009

this page is going to own

wikiuser0016 said

at 1:39 pm on Jan 22, 2009

Once again... put things about the constitution on the constitution page. Kthxbai.

wikiuser0016 said

at 1:40 pm on Jan 22, 2009

And you spelled defense wrong in the first paragraph.

wikiuser0006 said

at 8:03 am on Jan 26, 2009

then edit it we are only human every one makes mistakes

wikiuser0019 said

at 1:45 pm on Jan 26, 2009

list more information on first page

wikiuser0034 said

at 8:32 am on Jan 27, 2009

You still need that 5th footnote!!! Other than that nice page.

wikiuser0033 said

at 9:10 am on Jan 27, 2009

hey, look up on google.com type in 6th amendment information. I here they got alot of good resources. Check it out!

wikiuser0033 said

at 9:11 am on Jan 27, 2009

also find the information on the Bill of rights 1-10

wikiuser0031 said

at 9:20 am on Jan 27, 2009

source pictures

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