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There had been trials that were held in secret, behind closed doors, with procedures that gave the defendant little protection, and could have been, well, "bogus". The 6th Amendment made secret criminal trials illegal and gave defendants additional protections (right to confront witnesses, etc.).


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The only federal court in which witnesses testify and juries hear cases and reach verdicts is?

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How were the Nuremberg trials similar to the andersonville trials?

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