<span> The European explorer that first discovered a new trade route to Asia by sailing around Africa was Vasco Da Gama. Vasco Da Gama was Portuguese, born in 1469 and died in 1524, and his biggest accomplishment was the discovery of a new trade route to Asia by sailing around Africa. He made this discovery during his trip from Lisbon, started in 1497 and ended in the actual state of Kerala, in India in 1498.</span>
Water-well drillers on the W.T. Waggoner Ranch in Wichita County in 1911 found oil instead, creating the Electra field.
What are the "these" you speak of?
C - People accused of a crime have the right to be judged by a jury of peers before receiving punishment.
Here is the clause from the Magna Carta which states that principle:
Clause 39: <em>No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.</em>
That assertion by The Magna Carta of 1215, that a person should not suffer punishment without the lawful judgment of his peers, influenced the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution. The opening lines of the 6th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States affirm that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."
