>But we have a fundamental disagreement on civil and constitutional rights if you believe that achieving justice and defendant's rights are in opposition to each other.

In spirt, I don't believe they are in opposition.

In practice, if one pursues one side with recklessness, then pursuing one can hurt the other.

Anyone who pretends that's not the case would be denying part of the reason the US end up with mass incarceration.

Now that the pendulum swung over the other direction, defendant's rights are being increasingly overprotected at the expense of the public (at least in NYC). The discovery reform is probably a good recent example of that.

The right for a speedy trial should also apply to The People. If the suspect is free on the streets, the defense should be on the clock to be ready for trial, in my opinion.

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>for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world

That may have been true in his time, but that line would make John Adams be labelled as a crimes fear-monger in today's NYC.