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wmfyesterday at 11:28 PM3 repliesview on HN

I wonder if the system would actually collapse or people would just sit in jail for 10 years.


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fhdkweigyesterday at 11:42 PM

Supposedly, there is a right to a speedy trial, and supposedly, if it is violated, they have to let you go without a trial. Don't know if it is really tested often.

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idle_zealotyesterday at 11:44 PM

We would run out of room in jails, hastily contract out construction for rapid expansion, and then people would die en masse in the shoddy camps the contractors deliver.

rcxdudeyesterday at 11:41 PM

The US has things like the right to a speedy trial.