“ In 2013, Maurice Jimmerson was charged with murder. Ten years later, he still hasn't received a trial. Even though two of Jimmerson's codefendants were acquitted in 2017, Jimmerson—who pleaded not guilty—still languishes in jail in Dougherty County, Georgia, with little hope of a trial anytime soon. Making matters worse, he hasn't had a lawyer since last summer.“
https://reason.com/2023/04/27/this-georgia-man-has-been-jailed-for-10-years-without-a-trial/
Constitutional rights, sometimes.
@GreenPaladin what? You don’t think a decade awaiting trial amounts to fair and speedy?
@Smersh of course not. The WTF is that the innocence project or some such folk haven't at least looked at this case and decided that a vociferous defense isn't warranted.
@GreenPaladin because it hasn't even gotten that far, Innocence Project works on freeing wrongfully convicted people. This guy hasn't even had a chance to get a verdict! Totally fucked.