Bradley Manning has not had his rights violated while waiting in a cell
for almost three years before being granted a trial, judge Colonel
Denise Lind ruled in a pre-trial hearing Tuesday.
Manning's lawyer, David Coombs, had argued that the prosecution was
guilty of "extreme foot-dragging" and "shameful" lack of diligence,
which violated Manning's right to a speedy trial—in a final bid that
could have had the charges against Manning dismissed.
A soldier in the military has had his or her speedy trial rights
violated when it takes over 120 days before an arraignment, Kevin
Gosztola reports at FireDogLake,
which is the case for Manning. However, Lind ruled in favor of the
prosecution who said some of those days didn't actually count in the
speedy trial rule, due to “excludable delays” initiated by the
prosecution.
The pre-trial hearings will now be certain to move to a full court martial trial in June.
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