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The amendment says > In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and distri
by schoen 6y ago
The amendment says
> 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 [...]
There have been lots of legal disputes about the "impartial" part and the procedures for jury selection (leading to a whole body of custom and caselaw about it). I imagine that would be a contentious angle in your plan, because people who knowingly moved specifically in order to be eligible to serve on a jury for a particular trial might not appear entirely "impartial" in that case. (Of course, I'm not sure which way that issue would go.)
- sandworm101 6y agoThat would indeed be a problem. Creating an army base in the area and just dumping a bunch of soldiers would not work. The government would have to "move" people naturally, by perhaps founding a town and incentivizing investment to draw people it. Ludicrously expensive, but possible even within the "speedy trial" timeframe. I would never suggest that a government physically do this. Rather, the possibility would be an argument against the idea that jury trials are impossible per se. A reviewing court would outline some compromised procedure to select a jury, something short of physically getting people to move.