Supreme Court Rejects Remedy For Man Who Waited 7 Years Behind Bars Before Trial

Supreme Court Rejects Remedy For Man Who Waited 7 Years Behind Bars Before Trial: Jonathan Boyer spent seven years in a Louisiana jail before he even saw a trial in the case against him. A Louisiana court found that the bulk of this delay was caused by the state’s failure to pay for the lawyer to which Boyer was constitutionally entitled, but it nonetheless concluded that the delay was [...]/p