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Right to a Speedy Trial? This Innocent Teenager Waited 3 Years in Jail

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Under New York state law, defendants have the right to face trial within 180 days of being arrested. But in the Bronx, a felony defendant can wait up to 1,018 days between indictment and trial — more than double the wait times in wealthier boroughs of New York....
www.universityofreason.com/a/29887/KWADzukm