Amendment VI – X Amendments

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AMENDMENT [VI.]
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 commit- ted, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusa- tion; 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.

AMENDMENT [VII.]
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy

shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-ex- amined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

AMENDMENT [VIII.]
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines im-

posed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

AMENDMENT [IX.]
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights,

shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

AMENDMENT [X.]
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Con-

stitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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