Da'quavion Snowden, the convicted killer of Pensacola standout football star Ladarius "LD" Clardy, must have his murder case tried again due to a Sixth Amendment violation. Snowden was convicted of ...

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The promise of the Sixth Amendment, foundational in our democracy, is that no matter who you are — how poor or unpopular, no matter your politics or your personal history — you deserve a skilled, ...

The Maryland Supreme Court has agreed to hear a criminal case that will determine which party must establish that a courtroom closure implicates a Sixth Amendment violation of the right to a public ...

Understandably, most of the oxygen in the room regarding recent Supreme Court decisions has been absorbed by the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that had enshrined federal ...

The Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause gives defendants in criminal cases the right to “be confronted with the witnesses against” them. The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to decide when ...

In a 6-3 ruling last week, the Supreme Court partially dismantled the Constitution’s 6th Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. This has historically protected prisoners against wrongful ...