By the sixth amendment it is declared thatin all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial. by an impartial jury * * * 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. By the thirteenth anlendnletthe tinal decree of Civil Warit was ordained thatneither slavery nor involuntary servitude. except as a punishment for crime. whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. shall exist within the United States or any place subject to its jurisdiction. By the fourteenth amendmentan award also due to tile arbitrament of warwe are told thatall )ersons born and naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United Slates and of the State wherein they resideAni. furthermore. thatno State slall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immlnuities of citizens of the United StatesAnd then comes the great declaration. the sovereign command. sayingnor shall any State deprive any person of life. liberty. or property without due process of law. nor deny to any person the equal protec.tion of the law. By the fifth paragraph of the fourteenth amendment Con.gress is empowered to carry its terms into execution by approipriate legislation. I have thus read in your hearing the provisions of the American Constitution ithat undertake -to safeguard life and .liberty and freedom. neither of which can be impaired or taken away or jeopardized except and unless by due process.
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