Today humans are prosecuted everyday for something that was in the past and now they have to follow up on it in the present day. This is caused by picking the right date to do the trial on. However this is …show more content…
The right was expanded with the 5th, 6th and 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states “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” as Albert W. Alschuler says in his article “Jury Trial”. People get accused of things on a daily basis, but that doesn't mean they go straight to jail just because they got accused of doing something they don't admit to. That is why everyone relies on this VI Amendment. In a trial by jury there are two defendants one accused guilty and one is the person who was being harassed at the scene. Once someone gets accused of stealing, or being at a scene at the wrong time then they go to the judge and say that they want to plead either guilty or not guilty.