The Constitution: The sixth amendment

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, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence

This needs  no explanation.  It is such a part of our way of life that I forget that many places on earth have none of these rights.  


In many places, people are accused, tried,convicted and shot and have no idea why.  That blows the big chunks.


I suppose the people in CIA prisons are wondering if they will ever get a trial.  Most will just be let go one day. 


In the bygones past, arrests, trials and hanging  took place in days.  Now, whomever does not want to go to trial, the defense or the prosecution can delay a trial for years.  The lawyers win those trials.  Justice loses.


I figure that I will lose any trial I am in because I just don't care to fight it.  I nor any lawyer I know is Clarence Darrow and well, the laws are not just, they are legalities.  That is how they got around the sixth amendment.  We can't blame Bush for that one.