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=The __ Amendment=

** "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 defense." **===

Description
====In my own words i say that we have a speedy trial and you can not be convicted of the same crime twice and we can confronted by a witness for a crime aganst him/her or to have a witness to help him/her to see they are not jilty. ====

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==[|The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights that sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions. The Bill of Rights contains some of the most vital and important freedoms guaranteed to U.S. citizens. The Supreme Court has applied the protections of the Sixth Amendment to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment states that, “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 defense.”] ==

Today's Application
===The Sixth Amendment provides the framework for our criminal legal system. It provides the right to a speedy, public trial, an impartial jury, the right to counsel or representation by a lawyer notice of accusation (what you are being charged with and why) confrontation (witnesses are confronted or cross-examined) and the right to defend yourself. === ===It is important because it will prevent a defendant from sitting in prison forever and insist that the prosecution proceed with undue delay. If you are accused of a crime, you have the right to know who is accusing you and exactly what the charges are. It protects you from being imprisoned for an unreasonable length of time before your trial. === ===The Founding Fathers wanted to include in our Bill of Rights, a way to protect people in America, who were accused of a crime, from the same abuses of power that the English monarchy used in England. The monarchy tortured, killed and abused people, held those who disagreed with them in prisons for life. ===

===This is a video of the 6th Amendment [|video on the 6th amendment]===