Brickbats: The Wheels of Justice

Kevin Smith spent almost eight years in a New Orleans jail awaiting trial for possession of crack cocaine. He never did get a hearing on that charge. But the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal earlier this year ruled that the multiple delays had violated his right to a speedy trial.
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Huh, so that's why Kevin Smith hasn't made a good movie in 20 years.
[singing] / Fifteen bucks, little man, / Put that shit in my hand, / If that money doesn't show, / Then you owe me, owe me, owe, / My jungle love, yeah, / Owe-ee, owe-ee, owe, / I think I want to know ya, know ya, / Yeah, what?
...or ever if the truth be known...
"But the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal earlier this year ruled that the multiple delays had violated his right to a speedy trial."
And given that it took them almost 8 years to give their heads that final tug needed to dislodge them from their asses, it looks like they managed to violate it twice.
restarting the statutory two-year deadline to try the case
Almost 4 times if you consider 2 years speedy.
Smith considered and rejected a 10-year plea deal offer
They were only a couple years short of enforcing the deal.
Yup. He probably would have gotten out in 5-6, but it would be a felony conviction.
Now it's not on his record and he gets to sue the shit out of the city/parish.
...because they clearly have so much more shit than is really needed.
Smith's saga behind bars began on Feb. 11, 2010, when State Police and federal drug agents said they discovered baggies of crack cocaine inside a safe in his Carrollton residence.
I'd be curious to know how it came to be that federal and state drug agents were looking in his safe. I could see where if you're looking at a life sentence as a habitual offender you've got nothing to lose by pleading not guilty, but if you're turning down a ten-year plea agreement over a life sentence it seems like you think you've got a legitimate argument that you're not guilty. Was Smith arguing that the cops were "discovering" drugs they brought with them or something?
The Louisiana justice system is extraordinarily an American justice system. I blame the French.
oui!
Who is the VICTIM of his crime? Uh, who is the victim of the govt's crime? The TAX[AYERS who paid for this 8 year circus!
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