In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
The seventh amendment gives the right to have a jury trial in civil cases.
In this video it explains how trials used to be decided by one judge and now you have the right to a full jury. This benefits the person who is accused and they will get a more fair trial.
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