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Right to a speedy trial*
*On a geological timescale
You pretty much always have to waive that right in order to do anything more than accept the first plea bargain in a case. Even negotiating for a better plea they make you waive it, because everything takes so long. Took me like almost a year of pre-trial supervision before we finally reached a plea I felt I could take. I did fuck up though, so I definitely wasn’t going to take it to trial if I could avoid it. I can’t imagine how horrid the process is for those innocent or being charged with ridiculous charges. It was bad enough living in that hell knowing that I’d fucked up and deserved some sort of justice applied against me. Thankfully I pulled my head out of my ass, sobered up, and funny enough, once I wasn’t drunk all the time, my left leanings came flooding back in a wave of memories as I could think again and I went even further left than I was before I got pulled into hedonism.
You have the right to a speedy trial, and you'll only get the evidence through discovery the day before the trial commences.