• plz1@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The “speedy trial” guarantee is for the defendant. If they want it slower, there is no guarantee the government has to “speed it up”. That’s his strategy on pretty much every lawsuit, delay as long as possible.

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      1 day ago

      I’m very clearly not a lawyer or expert in any way here, but once he’s convicted doesn’t that change things? He’s no longer on trial, he has a conviction hanging over his head, seem inhumane to me to force someone to wait for a sentence/punishment. It would be one thing to let him wait until after his term to serve time or pay a fine, but not knowing what the punishment is seems very wrong to me.