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The Sixth Amendment

people are mistaken in assuming that they have a right to a trial by a jury of their peers -- they have a right to a fair and unbiased jury from their community. [Court TV - The Vang Case]

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This amendment guarantees you a trial by your peers?

There is no Amendment that guarantees a trial by a jury of one's peers. The 6th Amendment guarantees the right of trial by an impartial jury, but not of a jury composed of one's peers.


What is trial by jury and where is it in the constitution?

Trial by jury is the right of Americans to be tried for their crimes and judged by a jury of their peers. Trial by jury is guaranteed in the 6th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.


What is the sixth amendment guarantee?

It guarantees a speedy and public trial with a jury of your peers.


What is a reason to serve on a jury when called to do so?

The 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives U.S. citizens the right to a trial by a jury of their peers. Jury service is supposed to provide a person being tried with a jury of their peers.


If you go to trial for a crime the constitution guarantees us ''a jury of your peers'' who are your peers?

There is nothing in the Constitution or Bill of Rights that guarantees a trial by a jury of one's peers. The 6th Amendment refers only to an impartial jury. In fact it does not mention a requirement of 12 jurors not that their decision be unanimous.


What constitutional right allows citizens to have a speedy trial and be judged by a jury of their peers?

The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the right to a speedy trial and to be judged by a jury of one's peers.


Who is the narrator in A Jury of Her Peers?

There isn't a Narrator in A Jury of Her Peers.


When was A Jury of Her Peers created?

A Jury of Her Peers was created in 1927.


What was the number of the amendment for judged by your peers?

Although people generally BELIEVE this is in the Constitution of the US, it does not say specifically that you are entitled to a trial by "a jury of your peers."What it DOES say (in the Sixth Amendment) is that you are guaranteed the right to "a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."


What is the theme of the jury of her peers?

the theme for "a jury of her peers" by Susan Glaspell is Feminism


A defendant has the right to be judged by which of these?

In a jury trial - by a jury of his peers. If the defendant choses a Bench Trial then he will be judged by the Judge.


What is the document introducing the idea of trial by jury?

Bill of Rights, and it's a trial by jury of its peers.