Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday.
The “speedy trial” guarantee is for the defendant. If they want it slower, there is no guarantee the government has to “speed it up”. That’s his strategy on pretty much every lawsuit, delay as long as possible.
I’m very clearly not a lawyer or expert in any way here, but once he’s convicted doesn’t that change things? He’s no longer on trial, he has a conviction hanging over his head, seem inhumane to me to force someone to wait for a sentence/punishment. It would be one thing to let him wait until after his term to serve time or pay a fine, but not knowing what the punishment is seems very wrong to me.
The “speedy trial” guarantee is for the defendant. If they want it slower, there is no guarantee the government has to “speed it up”. That’s his strategy on pretty much every lawsuit, delay as long as possible.
I’m very clearly not a lawyer or expert in any way here, but once he’s convicted doesn’t that change things? He’s no longer on trial, he has a conviction hanging over his head, seem inhumane to me to force someone to wait for a sentence/punishment. It would be one thing to let him wait until after his term to serve time or pay a fine, but not knowing what the punishment is seems very wrong to me.
Any other person would be sitting in jail the whole time…