The Sixth 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 defence."


The Sixth Amendment like the Fifth is included in the Bill of Rights to protect American Citizens who have been accused of a crime. We needed this Amendment because it has been proven in history (England) that if a court has too much power it can be a bad thing. This Amendment gives anyone accused of a crime the right to trial by jury, counsel, and includes what was to be interpreted and put into law as the "Miranda Rights". Without this Amendment a lot of innocent people could go to jail.

This is a picture of the Miranda rights. These are the rights given to you by the interpretation of the "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him" part of the Sixth Amendment. I would hate to be arrested and not be told why or told what rights I had in that situation. The courts go the interpretation right, but I still think Miranda in the case that created these laws should have gone to jail regardless. He was guilty.

This is just a funny cartoon about the right to a speedy trial. The funny part about it is some people can be kept in jail for 2 or more years while their case is being tried in today's United States. There are just so many cases for the courts to get to that they can't keep up.