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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by TheRealDunkirk on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @08:52AM (#13921696)
Eighteen months without a charge. I think they're way ahead of you. IMO, they've already abrogated his 6th-Amendment right to a speedy trial as well.
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @10:24AM (#13922409)
There are a lot of things that waive the speedy trial right. If a defendant files pretty much any kind of motion, the speedy trial timeframe goes out the window.
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by taneq on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:48PM (#13927936)
That's actually where I was going with that - maybe I should have put that /s or ;) at the end of the post after all. :)
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