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  • 6Th Amendment reaffirmed

    03/12/2004 8:05:46 PM PST · by djf · 62 replies · 5,495+ views
    US Supreme Court | Mar 8,2004 | US Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court, in a decision Monday, Crawford V. Washington, has re-affirmed the accused rights in a criminal trial to be confronted by his accuser. The court had, in recent years, after the Ohio V. Roberts decision, held that in certain circumstances, hearsay evidence could be deemed credible enough to be noticed by the court and used against the defendent. In a blistering rebuttal to this philosophy by Scalia the court held Monday that this does not conform to the original intent of the founders, and the right to be confronted in court by ALL the witnesses against a defendent...