The Sixth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution is the primary constitutional provision that regulates the imposition of capital punishment.

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The Sixth Amendment primarily guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, such as the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you. It does not specifically regulate the imposition of capital punishment; that issue is more directly addressed by the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.