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Re:Amateur ISIS Investigator Ends Up in Prison by themartorana on Sunday April 24, 2016 @01:41PM (#11560560)
I'm not particularly mad he was arrested. It's the extended trial-less detention (helped by the withholding of evidence by the FBI) that scares me. There's no speedy trial in the US anymore, and pre-trial detention can last years.

Don't get arrested. Your life will be ruined top to bottom.

Side note: I don't feel like anyone cares about real justice anymore...

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Re:Amateur ISIS Investigator Ends Up in Prison by rayiner on Sunday April 24, 2016 @04:21PM (#11561202)
Long pre-trial detention is a huge problem in the state systems and one of the biggest human rights issues in the U.S. today. At the federal level, adherence to the Speedy Trial Act, which provides a 30-day deadline for indictment and a further 70 days to trial pretty good. Average pre-trial detention is about 4 months in the federal system.

The article states that Lopez was held in mental units in prisons--his long detention was probably the result of his mental situation.

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