have given the prisoner full and speedy justice. . . . ” The Framers of the Constitution understood that preventing lengthy pre-trial detention was critical to a justice system.
Holding that the constitutional right to a speedy trial cannot depend on the severity of the alleged crime, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a stern reprimand to the National Investigation ...
Constitutional right of speedy trial in such circumstances will have precedence over the bar/strict provisions of the statute and cannot be made the sole reason for denial of bail,” held the bench.
The move for a speedy trial may have been a bet by Chesebro that prosecutor Fani Willis wouldn't be prepared. Tamar Hallerman, a reporter for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, wrote on X ...