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To: Pollster1

Holding a person for 2 years without a trial is nonsense!

Perhaps the higher courts could have imposed a time-limited bond. It reduces in time like a price in a Dutch auction. Suppose the bond is reduced by 10% on the remaining balance every month. If a miscreant gets out on the streets, then it is on the prosecutor’s office and courts who couldn’t manage to bring it to trial.


11 posted on 06/12/2015 10:13:31 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: the_Watchman

As is taking 30 years to carry out a death sentence.


12 posted on 06/12/2015 10:20:13 AM PDT by alpo
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To: the_Watchman

Even if the courts don’t impose a limit, prosecutors should. It is a miscarriage of justice to hold a trial over someone’s head for years and then acquit them, and it is equally wrong to make witnesses and victims wait for years to testify before you finally get a conviction. Professional pride and a sense of justice should lead to a speedy trial even if the courts do not demand it.


14 posted on 06/12/2015 10:50:46 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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