United States Constitutional Law
Under Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution:
No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court —U.S. Const., Art. III, § 3 (emphasis added).In the United States, the constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to a "public and speedy trial" under the Sixth and the Fourteenth Amendments. The Sixth Amendment also grants the defendant the right to appear on his or her own behalf.
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