Court Clears Man Who Waited 7 Years for Trial on Pot Charges

The New York Times ^ | 23 Jan 2018 | Alan Feuer

[zeugma]

So insisting on one’s Constitutional right to a trial by jury now makes one crazy? Having a court appointed attorney do this is OK?

Yup. Pretty astounding.

Of course, there are always folks around that will tell you that anything at all is OK as long as it's in the name of the war on drugs.

[LouieFisk]

“This is not the case of an innocent man finally being vindicated. He is a guilty man who is the unworthy beneficiary of the appellate court using the case to send a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors and lower courts over the delay of justice.”
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Yup, bottom line.
Good, well reasoned comment, thanks.