Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months ago‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmateswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1568arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]politics
arrow-up1560arrow-down1external-link‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmateswww.theguardian.comSamvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]politics
minus-square31337linkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-up2·3 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.