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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.

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When was trial by jury introduced into Australia?

Trial by Jury is protected in the Australian constitution which was brought into effect in 1901.


The constitution forbids punishment without a jury trial?

No. The constitution prohibits punishment without due process. That may or may not involve a jury trial, depending on circumstances.


What says you get trial by jury?

(in the US) The United States Constitution.


What took away citizens right to have trial by jury?

No one took away trial by jury. It is still one of the basic rights of the constitution.


What was the founding fathers' opinion of trial by jury?

The Constitution 7th Amendment The Constitution 7th Amendment The Constitution 7th Amendment


The right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury is guaranteed by?

6th Amendment


What right does the constitution guarantee anybody who has committed a crime?

right to remain silentAdded: The right to an attorney's presence during questioning - the right to a jury trial .The right to a speedy trial


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 is guarunteed in criminal cases?

an impartial jury is guaranteed in crimalnal cases


The right to trial by jury has its roots in the magna carta and is contained in these two amendments in the US Constitution?

The right to Trial by Jury has its roots in the Magna Carta and is contained in the 1st & 2nd amendments


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.


Is trial by jury a part of America's cultural or social inheritance?

Neither it is from law as written in the constitution.

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