AMENDMENT PRESENTATION

AMENDMENT 7

WHAT MY AMENDMENT IS ABOUT

• A fair trial by jury
• A jury is a group of people picked randomly from at community
• The jury looks at all the evidence in the case and make a decision
• Amendment 7 is the section of the Bill of Rights that guarantees a jury trial
• For civil cases in federal courts

ADVANTAGES

• You can have a fair trial
• There is more than one person deciding your fate.
• The jury dosent know anything about you so they are less biased.

DISADVANTAGES

• Someone in the jury might have a prejudice against a certain race or ethnicity

HAS THIS AMENDMENT BEEN CHALLENGED IN COURT?

• This amendment has not been challenged in court

FELTNER V. COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION INC.

• CPTI sued Feltner
• He had 3 T.V. stations that didn't pay CPTI
• Also he was broadcasting shows that CPTI had stopped
• And he kept playing them
• CPTI ended up winning this court case