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."

As stated in previous amendments, accused peoples will have the right to a public trial (not necessarily speedy). There is a huge importance when picking an impartial jury; that way the jury will not be biased when listening to all aspects of the trial. This amendment also promises “the assistance of counsel” which enables the defendant to have a lawyer present when being questioned and also to have a lawyer for the trial.  

In this video, HIPHUGHES explains a speedy trail can be violated after about a year; this is a right to the citizens accused, so that the trial is on a fair time frame. The impartial jury is very important so that the jury is not biased, there is a process to weed out people who may be jurors so that there is no one that will be impartial to the defendant. The next part of the amendment covers the clarity of the accusation. The confrontation clause means that whoever is accusing them of a crime must confront them. There are certain exceptions with the confrontation clause; i.e. evidence can be "confrontation". The ability to name witnesses to the stand requires those called to the stand to go to the stand, and be confronted and questions. The last part of the amendment gives people lawyers even if they cannot afford it. I really enjoy how this guy does these videos because of all the facts he provides, and he does a really nice job of explaining what everything means in ways that all ages can understand. 

Here is a funny way at looking at the "speedy trial" part of the 6th amendment. This is not what they meant by a speedy trial, of course. They simply mean that if the court system has not made any progress in about a years time with the case, the 6th amendment is violated.