Wednesday, September 19, 2012

the right to speek

  The "speedy trial" clause is intended to prevent long-term incarceration and detention without trial--which amounts to a prison sentence without a guilty verdict. The Sixth Amendment does not apply to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, which serves as a good example of what some law enforcement communities might have considered doing to entire communities of low-income Americans were it not for the speedy trial clause


   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.

 got it from About .com

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