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In the United States, the effects of the Vietnam War would linger long after the last troops returned home in 1973. The nation spent more than $120 billion on the conflict in Vietnam from 1965-73; this massive spending caused the widespread inflation, exacerbated by a worldwide oil crisis in 1973 and skyrocketing fuel prices.The war had pierced the myth of American invincibility and had bitterly divided the nation. Many returning veterans faced negative reactions from both opponents of the war and its supporters, along with physical damage including the effects of exposure to the toxic herbicide Agent Orange, millions of gallons of which had been dumped by U.S. planes on the dense forests of Vietnam. In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled in Washington, D.C. On it were inscribed the names of 57,939 American men and women killed or missing in the war; later additions brought that total to 58,200.
The right to a fair and speedy trial.
The Magna Carta of 1215 guaranteed a free man should not suffer <span>punishment without “the lawful judgment of his peers.”
The opening lines of the 6th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States affirm that "i</span><span>n 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."</span>
Labor organizer and socialist leader Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) began his rise to prominence in Indiana's Terre Haute lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. ... Late in life, Debs was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his opposition to the United States' involvement in World War I.
