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If it all happened at once, no one would pay. The system would stop, and government would have to act. Part of the deal of government acting would be all those
by alan_cx 14y ago
If it all happened at once, no one would pay. The system would stop, and government would have to act. Part of the deal of government acting would be all those defendants with drawing from the jury trial.
Of course, there is always a chance that the US government would declare requesting a jury trial as an act of terror...
- rprospero 14y agoWhy would the government have to act, simply because the system stopped? I'd assume that they'd just tell everyone, "Okay, your jury trial is on March 19th, 2843. We'll be holding you without bail until then." There's no reason to declare requesting a jury trial a terrorist act if they can already hold everyone indefinitely.
- e1ven 14y agoWhile it's not foolproof, in the US, you do have a right to a "speedy trial". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedy_Trial_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedy_Trial_Clause
- erichocean 14y ago> While it's not foolproof, I hereby nominated you for "Understatement of the Year". Constitutional protection in the US is gone, full stop, and has been for a long time. The document is purely historical and "cultural", in that it does inform public opinion, but does not, in any way, constrain the government -- it's actual purpose.