PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 7:20 pm
OneGun wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 9:46 am
PriestTheRunner wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 2:41 pm
Coming up on a year old in this thread. Any updates on what her charge was?
As a litigation consultant, I have access to court records. The woman is still charged with murder. The Sheriff said the video showed the defendant approaching the murder victim, not vice versa. The defendant is indigent and asking for funds for a mitigation specialist to present evidence at sentencing if she is found guilty. She has a court-appointed attorney and she made bond.
No trial date set.
Thanks, wasn't sure where to look for this data.
So I see the 6th amendment is still being steamrolled... "the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial"
I'm not sure exactly what the founding fathers though "speedy" meant, but I'm very sure that is wasn't more than two months or so. The number of people who can't make bond and sit in jail for a year or two awaiting trial is a horrible injustice.
Whatever the exact details are, it is wrong for the accused to have to wait this long and it is wrong for the public to (potentially) have a murderer on the loose without justice. No system is perfect but this one obviously needs to be reworked. Not just looking at her, there are many examples of this occurring, and nothing happens to fix it (looking at the Waco biker shootout as one example).
In all fairness to the court, COVID threw court operations into turmoil. How do you seat a jury when you were to maintain a distance of 6ft? Also, wearing a mask for 8-10 hours in a courtroom is quite miserable. One of my trials was supposed to be held in Reliant Stadium, but it settled.