1. The Court's Protection Of Criminal Rights
... impartial public jury further augments defendant's rights. This further protects the defendant against a biased jury and from a hasty and incorrect conviction by an ill-intentioned government official. The case of Gideon v. Wainwright also attempts to ensure that the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights apply to everyone, regardless of economic standing and legal representation. Through the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court decided ... ...
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