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SPEEDY TRIAL CRISIS?

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

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FEDS need more time to indict Blagojevich. We'll take this moment to remind US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald: "When you strike at the King, you must kill him." Ralph Waldo Emerson. (It was either Emerson who said that, or former Judge Howie "The Mouse" Gross.) (Cathy Vogel retires. See Below.)Speedy Trial Crisis?Not really, although the title of the post links to the Herald article where outgoing Public Defender (and incoming special consultant?) Bennett Brummer bemoans the fact that defendants facing third degree felonies who are represented by his office will "have to wait much longer to face a judge."Oh really? NO. As long as the judges are not shut down by the budget crisis, they will still set cases for trial within the normal course, and all defendants will be in court on a regular schedule...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on December 31, 2008 (boomark / email).

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