The Sixth Amendment
6th: 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 favour, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Basically, you don’t have to wait forever for a trial. You have the right to a speedy trial. This amendment also means that you have the right to an impartial jury. You also have the right to know why you are arrested. This amendment says “confronting the witness” meaning that for a trial to happen you have to have a witness or evidence or something. you also have the ability to legally make someone be your witness.
In 1964, Gerald Gault was fifteen and he was arrested. He did not know why he was arrested. in the case In re Gault (1967) it was decided by the Supreme Court that you had to tell them why they were being arrested.
