Amendment 6

The Trial of Orenthal James Simpson

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Simpsonaccount.htm

Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses. Ratified 12/15/1791.
In 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, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

      This article was a rather interesting one, it involved a man who was accused of murdering  his wife AND her aquaintance. Investigators were being supsicious and questioned just as much as Mr. Simpson was, being accused of framing Mr. Simpson for bloody gloves found in his home. Although the murder occured in Santa Monica, when Mr. Simpson was in Chicago, the trial had taken place in downtown Los Angeles. Prosecuters were worried that holding the trial in another area would spark old flames of the Rodney King case, in which police were accused of beating him to death.
       This article ties to the 6th amendment because it clearly says:
"by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed,". In Mr. Simpson's case, his wife was murdered in Santa Monica, but they were holding trial in the downtown Los Angeles area. This is going against the constitution, just because the courts were worried about this case sparking off something they could not finish relating to Rodney King. Part of the investigational team was racist, the detective FRAMED Mr. Simpson for the bloody glove, as well as lying about using the "N" word anywhere through out his career. The courts were changing the location of this man's trial, changing his natural born rights as a citizen to have his trial by jury in the town of the murder, because of their own personal beliefs.
       This case could have went futher if you ask me, I think Mr.Simpson should have SUED the detective. The detective had no right to frame him , and he lied as far as being racist. The detective's neglegance could have costed Simpson his LIFE. Simpson has a family and he has kids, but did the detective care, no. He didn't care and he should have, I think Mr.Simpsons rights were neglected and he has more rights to take action.