Talk:Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Who passed the sixth amendment? (anon)

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Passed in 1795: See United States Constitution and United States Congress (anon)

The above bit is incorrect. The entire Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments, was passed and ratified in 1791. Xoloz 13:29, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Crawford

We should mention Crawford v. Washington and change the Witnesses section to call it "Confrontation Clause." I also think the whole Witnesses section can be tightened up. Might also put in Davis v. Alaska and Ritchie v. Pennsylvania, although that might be too much. I'll wok on it when I have a minute. Mrees1997 18:47, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Confrontation Clause...Questions

in criminal cases - what we learn is we have the right to confront. i believe the actual sentence reads - 'to be confronted'. with todays technology, what if a defendant could confront, through close circuit television, but was not confronted by a physical appearance. is the physical appearance regarding jury trials and criminal cases tradition or is it required? and what if a jury really had to base its conclusion upon the facts only? --Cservices 09:02, 8 March 2006 (UTC)