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What amendment guarantees a '' speedy trial''?

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The right to a speedy and public trial is guaranteed by the sixth amendment to the Constitution. For further information see the related link below.

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Why does the 6th amendment guarantee a speedy trial?
That's the way the nations founding fathers wanted it. They did not want people to be thrown in prison and forgotten without receiving a trial for an offense.
The Sixth Amendment guarantees you a speedy trial because of what?
To protect an un-judged person from languishing in jail forever, as used to be common in many European countries prior to the colonization of what ultimately became the US. The founding fathers were...
The sixth amendment guarantees you a speedy trial because?
it forces the state to prove its case without delaying you in jail.
Which amendment guarantees the accused the right to a speedy and public trial?
Amendment 6
This amendment guarantees you a trial by your peers?
There is no Amendment that guarantees a trial by a jury of one's peers. The 6th Amendment guarantees the right of trial by an impartial jury, but not of a jury composed of one's peers.