Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months ago‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmateswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square31337@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIn my local county (in Texas), there was a guy in jail for 5 years without trial (I think he’s going in 6 years without trial, but a go-fund-me paid his bail last year), and 2 years in jail without trial is not uncommon.
minus-squareCrisps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI agree. The right to a speedy trial not being observed is an issue.
In my local county (in Texas), there was a guy in jail for 5 years without trial (I think he’s going in 6 years without trial, but a go-fund-me paid his bail last year), and 2 years in jail without trial is not uncommon.
I agree. The right to a speedy trial not being observed is an issue.