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=6W7= =Sixth Amendment=

**2) What impact did your amendment have on society at the time?**


=**10 research question**=

Answer: The state that it is in decides
 * 1. Who decides how many people are in the jury during a case?**

Answer: The founding fathers
 * 2. Who came up with the idea that we needed this amendment?[[image:http://3219a2.medialib.glogster.com/media/61/61df561fd8beb4650cd8fbe8561477865885c251ab439b900b29bed4c90aff66/sixth-amendment-right-jpg.jpg width="262" height="165" align="right"]]**

Answer: A short time after the crime you can go to court.
 * 3. What is a speedy trial?**

Answer: in all criminal prosecutions the accused can enjoy the right to be confronted with the witness against him
 * 4. What does confrontation clause mean?**

Answer: 1787 Answer: No you can represent yourself.
 * 5. When was the amendment created?**
 * 6. Do you need a lawyer in court?**

Answer: It did not until 1963
 * 7. Dose this amendment apply to everyone?**

Answer: James Madison Answer: They will give you a lawyer
 * 8. Who put the amendment into the Bill of Rights?**
 * 9. What happens if you cant afford a lawyer?**

Answer: The court has a right to stop the trial if the person is not mentally stable.
 * 10. What happens if the person is mentally sick and he is representing himself?**

=**If you want to learn more about the 6th amendment here are links to informational videos and articles:**=

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= Answers to focus questions: = 1) The 6th amendment was a very important amendment. The 6th amendment granted the rights to a speedy trial, a public trial, a trial by jury, a right to counsel, rights of the accused, and Confrontation Clause. There were many things that prompted the creation of this amendment. Some of the things that prompted the creation of it were that many of the trials were very unfair, especially when it was a lower class person, such as a peasant, against a higher class person, such as a king. Another reason is that Some people were favored over others by the judge and the jury. A third reason is that until this amendment was created, only rich people could be represented legally by a lawyer. **V.D.M**

2) The 6th amendment had a huge impact on society. The 6th amendment grants that even if someone doesn't have money to pay for or afford a lawyer they provide one for you. Also if you don't want a lawyer in court you can represent yourself. If you are representing yourself and your not mentally stable the court has a right to stop the trial immediately. The 6th amendment applies to all the states. The 6th amendment also impacted society by granting that every trial is a fair one. Also if you are accused of a crime you have a right to a speedy trial and can meet and confront the person who accused you. These are some impacts the 6th amendment had on American society. **S.R.L**

__**Current event**__
Sophia Lotto

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There are a lot of very interesting facts in this article. This article says average wait times of states in North America. For example in California their average wait time is 100 days from when the victim is arrested, this a good because the average wait time is supposed to be180 days from the day you are arrested. Yet in the Bronx they could wait up to 1,018 day! The article is about a teenager named Ralph Berry who was in jail for 3 years before he went to trail. He was convicted to murdering a man outside a night club in the Bronx. He appeared in court over 20 times. In the end he was found innocent. These are only some the facts in this article.
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The sixth amendment is a very important amendment know and forever. This is because if someone is siting in jail for 3 years before a trail and they didn't do the crime that is terrible. My personal response to this article is that it tells a true story of where the 6th amendment didn't work. From this article and many more stories the courts should realize that they should hold the 180 days after convicted statement true. The article provides great facts about places that sometimes have a trail before the 180 days are up. Also this article is very interesting on the whole journey of Ralph Berry. The three years he spent in there he is never getting back he could have done so many things with his life. This is my personal feelings about this article and why the 6th amendment is still very important.
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