Essay On The Sixth Amendment

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The Sixth Amendment: Criminal Trial Rights

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The Sixth Amendment gives rights to criminals to have a fair trial. The Amendment is particularly important because it prevents accused people to be prosecuted of the wrong charges as easily. One guarantee that the amendment gives is the right to a ‘speedy trial’, so that they will not have to stay in jail for a long period of time before trial, and their memory of the incident will be clear enough so that they can testify. Also, to help the defendant recall the event, the prosecutors must notify them of their supposive charge and time in which it happened. The suspect also has other rights in court. Firstly, citizens have the right to watch the court, and in some cases, they can be a jury, as long as they live in the area and they weren’t directly involved in the incident. This allows the accused to be judged fairly. Additionally, they have several rights to defend themselves. Suspects have the right to hear and question all witnesses, and ask the court to force unwilling witnesses to testify against their will. Most …show more content…
She was tried by the Howard County Circuit Court in 1987, and upon decision, it was decided that the child witnesses would be testified in a room with the judge, prosecutor, and the defendant’s attorney, while the defendant and the jury watched the interrogation on live closed-circuit television (CCTV), in interest to protect the children’s emotional health. She was convicted, but she appealed to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, complaining that the method in which they used to question the witnesses infringed her right to ‘confront with the witnesses against (her)’, as stated in the 6th Amendment. However, the court affirmed the decision of Howard County. Craig appealed again to the Maryland Court of Appeals, and this time they reversed the decision. (“Maryland v.

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