Do you think it is being observed today?
2007-03-10 09:15:43 · 9 answers · asked by dude guy 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Because before the Bill of Rights, and since 2004, someone could be held indefinately, with no trial or access to the courts.
That was considered by the Founding Fathers to be an abuse of government power, so for the next 228 years (until recently) the Constitution required that anyone held in US custody be charged and tried within a timely manner.
As to recently, see the cases of Padilla v. Rumsfeld, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, and the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
2007-03-10 09:31:09 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the others have said, it's to guarantee that a person doesn't just sit in jail for years, effectively in limbo. Also, evidence can be destroyed in the meantime, either deliberately or by accident, so being tried as soon as possible gives the accused the best chance of proving his innocence.
I agree that it's not being observed today as well as it might be. However, I don't think it's being ignored, in most cases. With the number of judges being low in comparison to the number of people accused of crimes, the court calendars have gotten clogged (especially with frivolous cases), and people are tried as soon as time allows. Unfortunately, that can mean a couple years in some cases, which is why, in the event of a minor crime, the judge can let the criminal with a sentence of time already served.
2007-03-10 09:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by JelliclePat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some were. Many weren't. sure some were Deist. John Adams became Unitarian. Others stated they were Christian because it truly is only the way it became again then, you had to assert you've been a Christian or human beings could question your sanity and morals. more suitable significant than the founding fathers' faith became even if the founding fathers wanted the country to be a Christian u . s .. Overwhelmingly, they did not desire that. I said a modern-day documentary about it the position they quoted guy after guy affirming that they did not desire united statesa.'s guidelines to be religious in nature, that that became the very issue they were escaping from in Britain!
2016-12-01 19:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by quartermon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not observed today, but it should be. A person should not have to sit in jail a long time waiting for a trial. I
2007-03-10 09:23:17 · answer #4 · answered by supertop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some foreign countries you can sit if jail for years before going to trial, even if innocent.
2007-03-10 09:22:17 · answer #5 · answered by Gunny Bill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask David Hicks - 5 years and counting, no charge, no trial.
2007-03-10 10:02:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that the government can't just hold you for years without trying you.
2007-03-10 09:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by Its Hero Dictatorship 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were falsely accused of a crime, would you want it hanging over your head for years? I know I wouldn't.
No, it is frequently violated today.
2007-03-10 09:19:06 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes. and the answer to question two is no.
2007-03-10 09:46:27 · answer #9 · answered by Cats&Dogs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋