SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWhile everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war?message-squaremessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareWhile everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square168fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·8 months agoCourts take time. Ignore Trump for just a minute. The average court case takes years in many cases. Isn’t that insane? Speedy trial is a joke.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoSpeedy trial is a right that you have and can invoke. However, it almost always screws the defense. As such, everyone waives it.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·8 months agoand that is a fair point. I feel often we have people over charged for bullshit crimes and then drag them through the system for years. I am a conservative, so if I am saying that then you know the system is really out of whack.
Courts take time.
Ignore Trump for just a minute. The average court case takes years in many cases. Isn’t that insane? Speedy trial is a joke.
Speedy trial is a right that you have and can invoke. However, it almost always screws the defense. As such, everyone waives it.
and that is a fair point. I feel often we have people over charged for bullshit crimes and then drag them through the system for years.
I am a conservative, so if I am saying that then you know the system is really out of whack.