Know Your Rights: Fair and Impartial Trial
AMENDMENT VI: "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 . . ." [1791] What does it mean to have a speedy trial? Why public? What does it mean to be "impartial" as a jury? Are people of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed "a jury of peers"? The "speed" of a trial is determined by statute, and where a defe