[maldusiecle]

> Your example proves my point. If there are no judges, the government has to let you go free.

That happens, you believe?

[rssoconnor]

> But the case was thrown out in August 2023 — not for a lack of evidence, but because the Crown took too long to bring it to trial under a set of strict timelines that have reshaped the way criminal cases are handled since a landmark 2016 ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-jorda...

[genewitch]

That's from the magna carta. 1215 CE or thereabouts.