The sixth amendment to the u. s. constitution begins: “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…” what does this mean in practice for a defendant in a federal criminal trial? jurors that represent different types of people in the community are more balanced when making a decision. unbiased jurors are more likely to come to a fair decision in the case. a jury must be a group of people who know the trial process and the law. the jury must decide a case quickly, so the defendant doesn’t have to wait long for the verdict.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme