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Title: Reassessing Jury Service Citizenship Requirements.
Author : Case Western Reserve Law Review
Release Date : January 22, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 347 KB

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INTRODUCTION The Sixth Amendment states that "[i]n 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." (1) While the Sixth Amendment clearly establishes the right to trial by jury in criminal proceedings, (2) the amendment is less clear about the makeup of a jury. Over the years, courts have repeatedly addressed the issues of how a jury is composed and who is allowed, or entitled, to sit on a jury.