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To: deport
The 6th amendment says: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury..." It does not read "In all criminal prosecutions, when the maximum sentence is six months or less..."

How did that 6-months-or-less loophole get created? It gives the authorities arbitrary power to lock people up for supposed offenses which an impartial jury would not find them guilty of...as in this case.

108 posted on 09/15/2017 2:43:38 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

>>How did that 6-months-or-less loophole get created? It gives the authorities arbitrary power to lock people up for supposed offenses which an impartial jury would not find them guilty of...as in this case.
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Another case of the Libs usurping our Constitution, and the system going along with it.


109 posted on 09/15/2017 2:48:29 PM PDT by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: Verginius Rufus

How did that 6-months-or-less loophole get created?

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I’m not a legal expert so I have no idea how it was created. By legislation would
be my guess. You may search around the net for Federal Rules and find something.


110 posted on 09/15/2017 2:50:29 PM PDT by deport
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