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What does the Sixth Amendment guarantee regarding the jury?
What does the Sixth Amendment guarantee regarding the jury?
- The right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury (correct)
- The right to a jury with unanimous decision-making
- The right to a jury selected from diverse backgrounds
- The right to a jury of one's peers
What has been the basis for successful challenges to the composition of the jury in recent decades?
What has been the basis for successful challenges to the composition of the jury in recent decades?
- The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (correct)
- The impartial-jury phrase of the Sixth Amendment
- The right to a jury of one's peers
- The right to a diverse jury
What is the common misunderstanding about the phrase 'a jury of one's peers'?
What is the common misunderstanding about the phrase 'a jury of one's peers'?
- It guarantees the right to a diverse jury
- It is commonly thought to be a constitutional right, but it appears nowhere in the U.S. Constitution (correct)
- It is a direct guarantee under the Sixth Amendment
- It is a phrase from the Fourteenth Amendment
What is the key distinction between 'guilty but mentally ill' convictions and 'not guilty by reason of insanity' acquittals?
What is the key distinction between 'guilty but mentally ill' convictions and 'not guilty by reason of insanity' acquittals?
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What condition must be met for a defendant to be considered 'guilty but mentally ill'?
What condition must be met for a defendant to be considered 'guilty but mentally ill'?
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What is the consequence for a defendant found 'guilty but mentally ill'?
What is the consequence for a defendant found 'guilty but mentally ill'?
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What is the role of mental disease or defect in a 'guilty but mentally ill' conviction?
What is the role of mental disease or defect in a 'guilty but mentally ill' conviction?
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