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Trial by Jury

"Bailiff, sequester these 12 angry men"

"The Trial of all Crimes, except in
Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury."
--U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 2

America's founders thought that jury trials were so important that the U.S. Constitution covers them in three places: first in Article III, and again in the Sixth and Seventh Amendments. Here's what that founding document says.

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