Why am I not seeing ANYONE using the 6th Amendment right to a speedy trial?

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[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I suggested it to the prosecutor once when I was defending myself pro se. He kind of laughed and said appeals courts had pretty much eviscerated that right, and that the hweels of justice turn slowly.

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Then the constitution is meaningless.