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One day a man trudged his way home after seeing his wife's grave. He was stopped by police officers that said he killed his wife for money, they then arrested him for the murder of his wife. After eight long years, no trial, no evidence connecting him to the crime. The police finally said that they wrongly accused him and that they still haven't found the real killer. Imagine this was you, does this sound in any way fair? The sixth amendment has a cluster of rights that guarantees to make criminal prosecutions more accurate, legitimate, and fair.
The rights guaranteed by the sixth amendment are tied to law and order. A speedy and public trial is one of these. In Barko v. Wingo (1972), the court ruled that any conviction

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