Sentences with phrase «speedy trials against»

In addition, political patronage and a «culture of adjournment» collude to prevent speedy trials against elected representatives.

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The most explicit statement of these limitations is in the Constitution's first ten amendments — the Bill of Rights — which guarantee freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the right to bear arms, protection against the obligatory quartering of soldiers, security from unwarranted search and seizure, the right to a grand jury, protection against double jeopardy and self - incrimination, the right of due process, just compensation for private property taken for public use, and speedy public trial by jury without excessive fines or bail.

New York's top court dismissed an indictment against a man who spent six years detained at Rikers Island jail without a trial, saying prosecutors violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

The learned silk further argued that separation of the trial as canvassed by the applicants would further delay the speedy trial of the joint charge stressing that the prosecution was fully prepared to prove the case against the defendants within a reasonable time.