“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 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.”
Sixth Amendment To The US Constitution. Mean anything to you?
Let us know how that works out if you’re incarcerated ‘pending trial’ for littering for, oh, seven years.
“Let us know how that works out if you’re incarcerated ‘pending trial’ for littering for, oh, seven years.”
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I’ll keep that in mind the next time I’m picked up for distributing a boatload of pot to my customers.
All I’m saying is none of this would have occurred if he hadn’t been engaging in obviously criminal actions in the first place. No drug dealing and he wouldn’t have had to be in the pokey to begin with for *anything* to happen.
Yes, it sucks to be him, but if I’m going to indulge in feeling pity for someone it will be directed toward the children who starve to death every day due to no fault of their own. Their short and painful lives suck even more.
And, actually, the guy caught a quite a lucky break due to the errors:
“Marijuana Convict Walks a Decade Early After Second Circuit Steps In”
“Tigano, 53, walks from prison a free man more than a decade before his mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years was set to end. In the federal system, while defendants can win early release, most serve all or nearly all of their sentences.”