The amendments that protect the rights of the criminally accused include all of the following EXCEPT the ________ Amendment.

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The Tenth Amendment reserves powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, to the States respectively, or to the people. It does not specifically address the rights of the criminally accused, unlike the Fourth (search and seizure), Fifth (self-incrimination, double jeopardy), Sixth (speedy trial, confrontation of witnesses), and Eighth (cruel and unusual punishment) Amendments.

The Amendments That Protect the Rights of the Criminally Accused