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Sixth Amendment: Faulty System

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The Sixth Amendment states that someone being accused of a crime has multiple rights; those of which include protection from double jury, prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments, and the right to a jury trial.
On May 26th, 2010 Chelsea Manning was arrested for leaking private military documents to WikiLeaks.org. She was held in Military custody for over two years, and finally sentenced to 35 years in prison on July 30th, 2013. Manning’s attorney has stated that this is a violation of the right to a speedy trial.
Before the Sixth Amendment was created, the victim nor the accused were not represented by a lawyer, instead they represented themselves. This proved to be a faulty system, which is why they added the Amendment.
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