What are the concerns common to both the hearsay rule and the confrontation clause? Be sure to provide examples
What will be an ideal response?
The policy behind the Confrontation Clause is to guarantee that a criminal defendant has the opportunity to confront and examine witnesses to test the truthfulness, accuracy, and reliability of their testimony. The implications of hearsay evidence for the Confrontation Clause are clear: If an out-of-court statement is admitted as evidence against the accused, the person making that statement is a "witness"1 who is not "confronting" the accused.
Hearsay rules (and their exceptions) were used in trials hundreds of years before the Sixth Amendment was adopted in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. The Sixth Amendment applies only in criminal cases, and is available only to criminal defendants; neither the prosecution in criminal cases nor parties to civil cases may invoke the Sixth Amendment.
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