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What is a purpose of a public trial?

Why it is important to have a public trial?

glsbnewt21

It's a necessary safeguard against the abuse of government power. It prevents things like midnight disappearances and abuses of state power common in totalitarian countries. The founders of our nation understood the danger in not allowing public trials because they lived under tyranny, and experienced the results of not having public trials.

Max Hoopla

So the public can see that justice is done in a fair manner.

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