No mention of it so I doubt it’s in there.
Kudos to the sheriff for telling that judge to pound sand so to speak. 
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Like I said when I first brought it up, I’m not even against the “delay”. I understand the logic of it on its face.
What I do question is one branch of govt deciding to do this unilaterally, all on its without any legislation.
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Even legislation wouldn’t cut it. To do this properly we’d need a constitutional amendment or a presidential declaration of the suspension of Habeus Corupus for a specific, limited amount of time.
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Whether or not a trial is “speedy” is a question of fact - not a matter of indefinites.
In the only case I’m aware of in which the Supreme Court has ruled on a “speedy” trial, they ruled that 8 and a half years was too long. The average time between arrest and a jury trial is 9 months, anyway.
The right to a trial by jury is not a right to a jury trial on demand.
A suspect has the right to have the questions of fact of their case determined by a jury rather than a judge. They do not have the right to dictate when the trial will occur.
tzu
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Some misdemeanor charge waiting a court date?
Not like repeated jail superspreader events, nope.
They do have a right not to have their jury trial postponed indefinitely.
The average length of time between arrest and trial is irrelevant here.
WuWei
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You didn’t read the article, they already let the “not so bads” out.
Nobody sits in jail waiting on a court date for a misdemeanor, even before the 'Rona.
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If they don’t want to end up in jail, they should STOP COMMITTING CRIMES!
Problem solved…
How do you know the criminals aren’t Republicans?
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What is the definition of speedy?
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There is no clear definition.
The only context we have is that the Supreme Court has ruled that 8.5 years was not speedy.
For some odd reason I don’t have much sympathy for people in jail.
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Not much. None for the violent ones.
Keep in mind here we’re talking about pretrial confinement, not post trial convicts.
It isn’t that hard to end up in jail and be completely innocent of any crime.
In many if not most states for example even if you are completely justified in an act of self defense where you use force on another you will still spend some time in jail before it’s all sorted out.
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