1 Year + Solitary Confinement For Trespassing?
I don't know of any modern day judicial systems or prisons that treat their prisoners this badly. They've been charged with pretty low level crimes but not only have they not been convicted, they don't even have a trial date. And it has been over a year since their arrests.
First I will explain the extent of the bad treatment then I will talk more about who they are. Doesn't every citizen have the same rights in the U.S.?
As the title says they have been in solitary confinement which means in this case that they spend 22 to 23 hours a day in a concrete cell by themselves. They get let out for showers and not much else. They shouldn't even be in solitary confinement because they aren't showing signs of violence. But as bad as that is it's not the worst violation of their rights....
From a legal standpoint the fact that they aren't allowed access to their lawyers is probably the worst violation of their rights but that could be debated. They haven't even been made aware of the evidence being used against them. Sometimes they aren't even given their mail till several months later and that is only when someone from the outside forces them to.
They have also been denied bail. Which it should only be like this when they are considered a flight risk. Which they obviously are not. These aren't major crimes that they have been charged with. A good portion of them are actually war veterans. Serving in the Military, Army, and Navy ect. Hardly any of them have any sort of prior criminal record either. Nor have they displayed any signs since their arrests that they might run.
According to the U.S. Constitution every citizen has a right to face their accusers and have a right to a speedy trial. It has been over a year and there's not even a trial date set.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? I'll tell you....
All of their rights flew out the window apparently when 50 of them ended up in a Washington DC jail all because they were Trump supporters.
If you haven't guessed it I'm talking about the people who showed up at the Capital on January 6th 2020.
Not even one gun was confiscated there that day. And nobody has been charged with insurrection and most have been charged with nothing but simple trespassing.
Meanwhile some people on the 'Left' were arrested for aggressive behavior and trespassing in that same building. But they only spent 1 night in jail !!
Major team members for the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" were arrested at the nation's Capitol about 2 weeks ago. They were harassing the Republicans of course.
is there a fine for trespassing? or just stayed in the jail for several hours? happy 1 year to you here!