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It's not exactly this, but there is an interesting thing going on right now with the San Diego Padres in American Major League Baseball. The owner died last yea
by nonameiguess 2y ago
It's not exactly this, but there is an interesting thing going on right now with the San Diego Padres in American Major League Baseball. The owner died last year and control of the team initially passed to his younger brothers. His wife wasn't happy about that and sued them and the team has ended up with an injunction pending resolution of who gets to actually control it going forward, and they've gone from being one of the most active franchises in the league of the past decade to making literally no new deals this offseason and watching all of their free agents leave. They basically can't buy anything until the court decides who of the surviving family gets to decide what to buy, which effects their own employees who can't get new contracts and any other franchises that otherwise might have traded with them.
- bell-cot 2y agoIt would be lovely if the 6th Amendment ("speedy and public trial") also applied to non-criminal proceedings.
- plagiarist 2y agoBut then wealthy people might have to pay the entities they would rather defraud indefinitely with eternally delayed judgements.
- usefulcat 2y agoI always thought the right to a 'speedy' trial was more about latency than throughput. I.e., the accused shouldn't have to wait 10 years before the trial begins, but no guarantees about the duration of the trial.
- bell-cot 2y agoIt's easy to screw defendants over either way - say, "start" your trial ASAP...but then pause it for a few months for some quibble, then a few more months for some detail, then a few more months for ...
- lesuorac 2y agoHow speedy is speedy anyways? IIRC, the big reason plea bargains get accepted is because the offer is "time served" as-in the time you spent in jail awaiting trail will be what you agree as a punishment and you'll be immediately released.
- wbl 2y agoJarandice v Jarandice redux.
- masfuerte 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarndyce_and_Jarndyce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarndyce_and_Jarndyce
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- do_not_redeem 2y agoIt sounds like the court, like King Solomon, decided to cut the baby in half.