PLEASE WATCH #HABERPA'S VIDEOFAQ # 402) Why do we have a 6th Amendment Right to Counsel? - https://youtu.be/wOv8zsU_hZg
This Blog Post is a PSA (i.e. a "Public Service Announcement" that's designed to provide the folks with important information) but it also both marks the rollout of this latest batch of #HaberPA's VideoFAQs and highlights # 402) "Why do we have a 6th Amendment Right to Counsel?" and finally it's a shameless plug for #MichaelHaberLaw (#HaberPA's YouTube channel). Disclosures complete let's get to it:
- The PSA: #HaberPA's VideoFAQ # 402 explains the origin of "The 6th" and goes like this:
Because I’m a history geek I’m especially grateful for the opportunity to explain your 6th Amendment Right to Counsel.
Before we won our independence from the British Crown, the US was nothing more than a series of colonies, populated by folks who traversed the Atlantic Ocean, many fleeing King George III’s tyrannical rule, yet finding themselves still subject to the imperiousness of a Monarch. After a bloody, prolonged war 'OLE UNCLE SAM WAS BORN, our freedom was won, we secured our independence and via the U.S. Constitution we established a protocol for how our new Kingless Country would be governed.
As a shout out to Massachusetts, our Founding Fathers and Founding Mothers were WICKED SMART. They drew up our Constitution with foresight and benevolence; but, they didn't get it absolutely correct in it's first draft, so modifications were required. In fact, due to a few omissions several colonies opposed ratifying the Constitution and only agreed to endorse because additions - or amendments - were agreed to in advance. Those “conditions precedent” are the first 10 Amendments - which are collectively known as “The Bill of Rights”, which obviously include The 6th, and which were added to the US Constitution on December 15, 1791.
That observed, United States law stemmed from British “Common Law”, and when the USA became sentient, British Common Law still required all criminally accused persons to self-represent (as an aside that changed in the UK in 1836 when full legal representation was authorized in British Courts). If my math is correct then our forefathers were 45 years ahead of their British brethren in conferring a constitutional right to counsel whenever one is accused of committing a crime by the government.
Even before our Revolutionary War - prior to “The Shot heard around the world” at Lexington / Concord - John Adams famously represented the 8 British Soldiers who were charged in The Boston Massacre, because a then 35-year-old Adams believed it vital that those soldiers receive a “fair trial”, although he also believed that the colonial cause for self-government would be damaged if “Boston justice” turned out to be little more than “Lynch Law”, and he was also convinced that the soldiers were wrongly accused as they fired in self-defense.
With all of that said I thank you for your question and I appreciate your having asked it. Please remember that at #HaberPA it’s all about reasonable doubt and if you like this video then please subscribe to our YouTube channel / VideoFAQ as we’ll be putting out more soon!
Again, today we are highlighting # 402) Why do we have a 6th Amendment Right to Counsel? - https://youtu.be/wOv8zsU_hZg
- The shameless plug: #HaberPA's VideoFAQ catalogue is now up to 419 Criminal Defense, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, DUI, BUI, Domestic Violence, Evidence, Crime Victim Rights, Seal & Expunge and Lawyer Ethics "Webisodes".
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Each #HaberPA VideoFAQ focuses on a specific question, most are 1 - 2 minutes long, but several in this latest batch are closer to the 3 minute mark (another relevant aside alert: "Necessity" is what we call an "affirmative defense", or a defense which negates the "intent" or Mens Rea" element of an otherwise criminal act as the actor's illegal conduct only occurred under threat, usually threat of harm), and while we may not always be successful in our endeavor we do consistently strive to make each VideoFAQ short, pointed, creative, entertaining and, most importantly, informative.
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