529 days and no one at the jail thought “Hey, you know that guy still hasn’t even been charged with anything. I wonder if we should have someone at the DA’s office look at this situation?”
A complete and total violation of the 6th amendment:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
“I can see that he deserves some compensation, but the sum mentioned is preposterous.”
The guy deservers the moolah. Any employer is going to see this, and not hire him.
I agree that they should have released him.