Speedy Trial Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phelps' 1995 conviction for assault and battery carried a five-year prison sentence, with a mandatory 18 months to be served before he became eligible for parole.  Phelps fought to be allowed to remain free until his appeals process went through.  Days away from being arrested and sent to prison, a judge ruled that Phelps had been denied a speedy trail and that he was not required to serve any time.

Was reminded of the Sixth Amendment's Speedy Trial Clause only after having decided to look up and see what Wikipedia had to say about Rev. Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church.

Found out a lot of other surprising informaton as well.

The biggest surprise was learning Rev. Phelps was a former civil rights activist who's law firm has received awards from organizations such as the NAACP for his work on behalf of black clients. That he has occasionally run for political office as a Democrat.

That would mean we actually 

have 

some "BLUE" in common.  

Definitely

 understand the need 

for 

affirmative action and similar policies.

But I'm also aware...

"doing the right thing for the wrong reason having no moral worth."

Rev. Phelps and his family are mostly lawyers.  
And as lawyers, will need clients seeking their services as lawyers.  

With their religious views and their choice/style of political activism having turned most groups of people off to their ways, it's possible their civil rights activism for a black clientele nothing more than a choice made surviving as lawyers.  Who could represent a black clientele as civil rights lawyers better than a bunch of redneck/rural  minded (W.A.S.P insiders) lawyers themselves.  
  
Speedy Trial Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Act establishes time limits for completing the various stages of a federal criminal prosecution. The information or indictment must be filed within 30 days from the date of arrest or service of the summons. Trial must commence within 70 days from the date the information or indictment was filed, or from the date the defendant appears before an officer of the court in which the charge is pending, whichever is later.

A defendant's rights under the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment are triggered by "either a formal indictment or information or else the actual restraints imposed by arrest and holding to answer a criminal charge." (As noted above, any delay before this time must be scrutinized under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, not the Sixth Amendment's Speedy Trial Clause. In Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), the Supreme Court set out a four-factor test for determining whether delay between the initiation of criminal proceedings and the beginning of trial violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. The test requires the court to consider the length of the delay, the cause of the delay, the defendant's assertion of his right to a speedy trial, and the presence or absence of prejudice resulting from the delay.

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Though the main purpose of the Priests Rape Boys website is to criticize Catholicism, the WBC also criticizes several mainline Protestant churches on the website, including Methodists,Presbyterians, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Baptists. The WBC states that

...their preachers have shirked their responsibility to tell people the truth about sin, and instead lie to them about what the Lord their God doth require of them. If these lying, false prophets told people the truth about what God says regarding those who suffer sin upon their neighbor (Lev. 19:17–18), there wouldn't be any butts in the seats when the plate got passed. These preachers are not preachers of righteousness, they are teachers having itching ears (2Tim 4:3), and they absolutely count on the abysmal bible illiteracy of their parishioners ... "Priests rape boys" is indeed an air-tight, three word case against all of the mainline "christian" churches – their preachers and members, without exception. They are all going to Hell!

Been two years since I violated nationally known pastoral consultant,
G. Robert Gary, Sr. Th.D.,

restraining order with an email not only nothing but words but words to be true.

After three court appearances before Judge Janis C. Gordon's court, 

I'm still waiting just for the court arraignment.

Until I get these hearings and charges out of the way,
no point in me looking for a job if having to bring up an uncertain future associated with these charges.

 Just a misdemeanor alone could be facing up to a year in jail.

Definitely debating contacting the Phelps and seeing if any possibility 

representing 

this  

METHODIST FAG 

for 

the publicity?

Be fun just to see how they respond.