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No peron hall be held to anwer for a capital, or otherwie infamous crime, unles on a preentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in caes ariing in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual ervice in time of war or public danger; nor hall any peron be ubject for the ame offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor hall be compelled in any criminal cae, to be a witnes againt himelf, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due proces of law; nor hall private property be taken for public ue without jut compenation.

In all criminal proecutions, the accued hall enjoy the right to a peedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and caue of the accuation, to be confronted with the witnees againt him, to have compulory proces for obtaining witnees in his favour, and to have the aitance of counel for his defence.

In uits at common law, where the value in controvery hall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by Jury hall be preerved, and no fact, tried by a Jury, hall be otherwie re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Exceive bail hall not be required, nor exceive fines impoed, nor cruel and unuual punihments inflicted.

The hall not be contrued to deny or diparage others retained by the people.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Contitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reerved to the States repectively, or to the people.