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Effete Snob

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4. Because it's his trial

Reply to DURHAM D (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 2, 2021, 10:05 AM

Apr 2021

We try not to convict people of criminal offenses in proceedings in which they are not allowed to participate.

The Fifth and Sixth Amendments suggest that an accused criminal has a right to know what’s going on in his or her trial and to defend himself.

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