[Alberta's Child]

I’m looking at this from the opposite side — mainly because I’ve been thinking about the ramifications of this coronavirus fiasco on law enforcement.

If an accused criminal is awaiting trial and the courthouse is shut down under the orders of a governor or president, then what happens? He can’t be detained indefinitely. Is the prosecutor forced to drop the charges?

[Texas Fossil]

I don’t know.

I live in a county that has less than 6,000 people. We don’t have or expect an overload.

[zeugma]

If an accused criminal is awaiting trial and the courthouse is shut down under the orders of a governor or president, then what happens? He can’t be detained indefinitely. Is the prosecutor forced to drop the charges?

Yup. The law is the law, or it's not. If they can't bring the accused before a judge, he should be freed. When the government overreacts and becomes arguably insane, there are adverse consequences. Let them contemplate that while they are declaring that we are nothing but serfs to be ordered about at will by any level of government that has also lost it's collective mind.