SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 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-square171fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down132file-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 · 7 months agomessage-square171fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·7 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-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agoIt only takes that long if your in a position of authority though. Meanwhile as an average citizen a cop can just decide to arrest you, make up a bullshit story and your in jail without bail that day.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 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-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·7 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.
It only takes that long if your in a position of authority though.
Meanwhile as an average citizen a cop can just decide to arrest you, make up a bullshit story and your in jail without bail that day.
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.