6th Amendment

copied from: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

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.

I love this clip. It tries to to lighten the "burden" most feel when summoned for jury duty. Being a juror is a very hefty duty when you hold a life in the balance of freedom or prison. Yet, if the roles were reversed and the juror somehow became the defendant the importance of the role of the jury becomes so important. 

The Defendant is obviously covered in honey and is his trial is juried by bees. He knows his Jury is biased hence the words "Heaven Help me"

The 6^th amendment ensures the defendants right to enjoy a speedy and public trial (withing a reasonable amount of time after an indictment) by an unbiased jury of their own peers. Speedy trials were ceased simply because of the judgments being passed and their fairness against the defendants. The trial takes place where the crime was committed and the defendant can know of the witnesses being used against him by the prosecution as well as his right to obtain his own counsel and witnesses for his defense. In the case of Gideon v. Wainright of 1963 the court forced the states to provide counsel fall ALL defendants, not just capital cases. Later, in 1968 in the Duncan v. Louisiana case all serious crimes (felonies), not misdemeanors the state has to provide an attorney.