{"id":45621,"date":"2014-10-02T11:34:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/02\/the-joke-of-a-speedy-trial.html"},"modified":"2014-10-13T14:39:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T20:39:57","slug":"the-joke-of-a-speedy-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/02\/the-joke-of-a-speedy-trial.html","title":{"rendered":"The Joke of a "Speedy" Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution says "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy <\/i>the right to a speedy and public trial,<\/i><\/b> by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence."<\/i> (http:\/\/goo.gl\/r1B4Aj<\/a>)<\/p>\n

But that whole "speedy trial" thing seems to mean in some jurisdictions more like "a trial whenever is convenient for the DA and the judge and the general court system to actually hold a trial." At least in this case, which doesn't sound like it's all that exceptional.<\/p>\n

Remember: this could be you.<\/p>\n

It seems to me the answer is really quite simple. If the courts are too busy to provide speedy trials because they are understaffed, then give them more money. If The People don't want to provide more money, then release people who aren't getting speedy trials and see how fast they'll be willing to pony up.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Holy shit. This is just one case. How many more people are sitting in jail for years on end waiting for their day in court and not seeing it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nBefore the Law<\/a><\/span>
\nKalief Browder spent more than a thousand days confined on Rikers Island. Credit Photograph by Zach Gross\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution says "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, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature … Continue reading “The Joke of a "Speedy" Trial”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,350,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-civil-liberties","category-crime-punishment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16797,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/24\/unblogged-bits-for-wed-24-feb-2010-702pm.html","url_meta":{"origin":45621,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits for Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 7:02PM","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 24-Feb-10 5:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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