Explain the role of the Sixth Amendment and the right to trial.
What will be an ideal response?
The Sixth Amendment guarantees that a person accused of a crime shall have the right to a trial "by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed." Several items with the text of the amendment are interesting to note. First, recall that a concern raised by the founding fathers' experiences with the jury system under English rule was the use of individuals handpicked by the English Crown to make up jury pools in the colonies. In response to this, the Sixth Amendment required that a jury be impartial and not stacked by the government.
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a. True b. False
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