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Agariculture t1_j613s78 wrote

Reply to comment by TheSammyMac in NYC bike path terror suspect found guilty on all counts in killing of 8 people by electromagneticpost

The right to a speedy trial is most often waived.

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[deleted] t1_j626yw3 wrote

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Agariculture t1_j62c2ev wrote

The defendant has a right to a speedy trial. This means they can make the entire trial happen on a particular time span which I do not know what it is. I may be wrong in this next one, but if they exercise that right and it doesn’t happen they win the case with prejudice. Meaning they cant be tried again for the same crime.

I had this explained to me a long while back.

The attorney said “we should waive speedy trial. This judge hates when defendants do this and it usually goes poorly for them when they do”. So I waived.

I suspect with how busy the courts, the prosecutors and the defending attorney all are every case gets waived these days.

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Advice2Anyone t1_j62opdz wrote

It's just a check so that the courts can't jail you almost indefinitely while they prepare.

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zer1223 t1_j61ish1 wrote

And forgotten about

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Agariculture t1_j61myv0 wrote

No, the attorneys and the judge dont allow that. Because thats an automatic win on appeal after a conviction if they did that.

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