Thursday, March 5, 2009

17 months waiting for trial not 'unreasonable'

Read storyA judge refused the bail request of a man charged with murder, saying 17 months was not an unreasonable amount of time to wait for his trial to begin.

Senior Supreme Court Justice Anita Allen denied bail for Mario Flowers, who is charged with the December 2007 murder of police officer Ramos Williams.

Reports are that Williams and two other officers had followed a car onto Deveaux Street from Collins Avenue. The occupants of the vehicle allegedly fired on the policemen, hitting Williams in the chest and arm.

Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here

1 comments:

GinaChu said...

I am not saying that someone accused of murder should or should not be granted bail but I'm of the opinion that 17 months is highly unreasonable to wait for a trial to begin.

The possibility that that length of time has become the norm does not make it reasonable.

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