Speedy trial
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speedy-trial-166-8829133
title:
Speedy trial
text:
In criminal law, the right to a speedy trial is a human right under which it is asserted that a government prosecutor may not delay the trial of a criminal suspect arbitrarily and indefinitely. Otherwise, the power to impose such delays would effectively allow prosecutors to send anyone to jail for an arbitrary length of time without trial, expressed as the maxim Justice delayed is justice denied. Although it is important for the protection of speedy trial rights for there to be a court in which
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Human right to trial without arbitrary or indefinite delay
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedy_trial
date created:
2011-12-26T21:13:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T09:01:55Z
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