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=6C6= = The Sixth Amendment = = =


 * Essential Question:** How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendment compare with the issues they are applied to today?


 * Essential Question Answer:** The issues that prompted the 6th amendment compared to the issues today are different. Let's say in 1770 someone robbed a bank, they would have to go to jail then while they were in jail they would have to go to court for a trial. Nowadays after the constitution was made the trial has to be within 2 weeks of the crime so they could maybe be pleaded innocent.CC, AAW

1.**Question:** What rights do the citizens have in the sixth amendment?AAW

1. **Answer:** In amendment six citizens have the right to a speedy trial.AAW http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/sixth_amendment

2. **Question:** What is a speedy trial?AAW

2.**Answer:** A criminal trial held after minimal delay as considered to be a citizens constitutional rights.AAW http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/02/27/the-daily-q-how-long-criminal-cas/

3. **Question:** What does a jury do? AAW

3.**Answer:** A jury is charged with the responsibility of deciding weather or not the citizen is guilty or not based on the story of the citizen. AAW http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/courtroom/jury.html 4. **Question:** What is the meaning of public trial?AAW

4. **Answer:** the meaning of public is open to anyone and everyone.AAW

http://thelawdictionary.org/public-trial/

5. **Question:** How long after a crime is the trial?AAW

5. **Answer:** The trial is held within 2 weeks of the crime.AAW 

[|How long does it take for a criminal case to go to trial? - The New .]
6.**Question:**About how long does a trial take?CC

6.**Answer:**The average length of a trial is 4-5 days. But if there are juries it can take 3 or more days to complete the trial.CC (http://www.schwebel.com/faq/trial/)

7.**Question:**What is the job of a witness?CC

7.**Answer:**The job of a witness is to tell the truth of what they saw happened. Witnesses usually see what happened that caused the suspect to be apart of the trial. They state the facts and tell the truth about what happened.CC( https://www.educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/role-witnesses )

8.**Question:**Why was the 6th amendment created?CC

8.**Answer:** It was created because there was no point of going to jail and then later doing the trial, if you were innocent it was very unfair so the 6th amendment allows you to have a speedy trial.CC( http://libertyfirstfl.org/2013/06/why-do-we-have-the-sixth-amendment/ )

9.**Question:**What does the word accused mean?CC

9.**Answer:**The word accused means someone has been blamed for a crime by a witness. If the crime is serious you go to court to settle what happened. The accused get to have a lawyer with them.CC( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/accused )

10.**Question:**Who has the most say in a trial?CC

10.**Answer:**Everyone in a trial has an equal say but for the most part the judge has the most say. The judge must choose whose side to pick based off of what the lawyers and witnesses say.CC( http://www.ushistory.org/gov/9e.asp )