The 6th Amendment: Securing Justice for AllBefore the Revolutionary War, if the British accused a colonist of a crime, he would most likely be subjected to an unfair trial and to a prison sentence. When the Founding Fathers wrote the Bill of Rights, they believed that all Americans deserved rights that the British had not granted them. The 6th Amendment provides many legal rights to American citizens that protect them from being wrongfully convicted of crimes. The 6th Amendment is the most important amendment to the United States Constitution. The 6th Amendment guarantees a person accused of a crime due process, the right to present witnesses in his defense. The importance of due process is illustrated in the case of Washington v. Texas, in which Jackie Washington was tried for murder. A state court ruled that Washington could not ask an accomplice to the crime to testify in his defense. However, the Supreme Court ruled that the state's refusal to allow the defendant to have a competent witness violated the 6th Amendment. Therefore, the Supreme Court overturned the court's decision....