Amendment 6

Amendment 6- "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 defense."

Court Upholds Sixth Amendment Rights 
This article is about when a man was accused of raping his wife. There was a tape that had Crawfords wife tell her story, but what the wife said did not match Crawfords story. Crawford's lawyers were not able to examine the tape or Crawford's wife about the tape. So Crawford was never able to talk to his wife about the tape. Another case was about a man, Raleigh. who wasnt able to confront his accuser because the court wouldnt allow it.

This violates the 6th amendment because the court did not let Crawford or Raleigh confront thier accusers about the trial they are being put in. In the 6th amendment it states that the acussed has the right "to be confronted with the witnesses against him." But the court wouldnt allow Crawford to talk to his wife about the tape. And they also didnt allow the "witness" confront Raleigh about his trial when he demanded to see he/she. The court went against the 6th amendment in these cases, and shouldnt have since Crawford and Raleigh had the right to the 6th amendment.

I think that Crawford and Raleigh should have had the right to see the witnesses against them. I dont understand why the court didnt allow it. This was not a fair trial to Crawford or Raleigh. They probably could have had a chance to get out of trouble if they had the chance to see the witness face to face to talk about things. But the court took that right away from them when they shouldnt have. They had the right to the 6th amendment.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40431-2004Mar8.html