Talks Will Suspend Speedy Trial Rights

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031114/NEWS/311140409

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The Florida Supreme Court's chief justice ordered Thursday that guarantees for speedy trials and court hearings will be suspended temporarily in Miami-Dade County because of next week's free trade meetings.

The decision applies to criminal and juvenile proceedings from Monday to Nov. 26, Chief Justice Harry Anstead said in an administrative order. It also affects domestic violence cases for the same period, and foreclosure and Baker Act hearings from Monday to Nov. 21.

State courts in the county had already decided to curtail most of their operations, such as jury trials, during the meetings because of the threat of violent protests. Federal courts in Miami will close next week.

A state constitutional law professor said Anstead's decision "makes sense" because Miami officials are fairly certain that they will be "inundated" with protesters who could disrupt court operations.

all those protesters are going to be INUNDATING the court system. Yeah.....it couldn't possibly be because the authorities (headed by Herr J. Bush) plan to arrest as many people as they can.

Wow......subverting free speech AND right to a speedy trial. hell, they may as well cancel a person's right to plead 'the 5th Amendment' in court proceedings too!! Such fun practicing for a total authoritarianism monarchy!

Who will stop these bastards? They dare call liberals unamerican when they are the unamerican ones.

This make sense to me.

One thing Florida has is a very short speedy trial time frame. So if you filed a Motion for a Speedy Trial, then they have only xx days to bring you to trial.

As I remember he has done this before during times when hurricanes are effecting the courts.

They knew the courts would be inside the security zone when

they planned this event. They knew they would be suspending the

constitutuion. They planned it.

NT!