Judge Juan Merchan wrote Monday that Donald Trump’s hush money conviction should not be dismissed because of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision, ruling that the evidence presented by the Manhattan district attorney’s office was not related to Trump’s official actions as president.
The “speedy trial” guarantee is for the defendant. If they want it slower, there is no guarantee the government has to “speed it up”. That’s his strategy on pretty much every lawsuit, delay as long as possible.
I’m very clearly not a lawyer or expert in any way here, but once he’s convicted doesn’t that change things? He’s no longer on trial, he has a conviction hanging over his head, seem inhumane to me to force someone to wait for a sentence/punishment. It would be one thing to let him wait until after his term to serve time or pay a fine, but not knowing what the punishment is seems very wrong to me.
I still maintain that this violates the “speedy trial” guarantee and is therefore illegal
The “speedy trial” guarantee is for the defendant. If they want it slower, there is no guarantee the government has to “speed it up”. That’s his strategy on pretty much every lawsuit, delay as long as possible.
I’m very clearly not a lawyer or expert in any way here, but once he’s convicted doesn’t that change things? He’s no longer on trial, he has a conviction hanging over his head, seem inhumane to me to force someone to wait for a sentence/punishment. It would be one thing to let him wait until after his term to serve time or pay a fine, but not knowing what the punishment is seems very wrong to me.
Any other person would be sitting in jail the whole time…