Are Rod Blagojevichs sixth amendment constitutional rights being violated?
By Mary MacElveen I want to call my reader’s attention to the sixth amendment to our U.S. Constitution. According to Findlaw.com: The sixth amendment to our Constitution pertains to the rights of the accused in criminal prosecutions. What is contained within that constitutional right is this, “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 defense.” Is the U.S. Attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald in violation of this sixth amendment right when it has now been reported he will seek three months to indict Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois? Fitzgerald has sought this three-mont
