Covid gave them free reign to basically delay trials indefinitely and most of the country would applaud them for it. Its been offhandedly mentioned a bunch of times and nobody seems to want to open the can of worms by talking about it in depth.
And you know if the charges were dropped none of them would be paid back for it.
Defendants have to ask for a speedy trial. Often times the defense wants time to build the case and the courts give them that right. Often because the defendant is poor and the defense just does it as something to fill the time between better paying clients. Jail is also arguably better than prison, but still counts as time served.
There likely isn't any special legal system fuckery in this particular case.
In Poland you can be temporary arrested for 3 months.
Afterwards, the court can prolong it for another 3 months.
Afterwards, the court can prolong it for another 3 months.
Afterwards, the court can prolong it for another 3 months.
...
It can go on for a while. It is called "extractive arrest" and it is meant to get suspect to admit when there is no evidence. It can go over 4 years and even some outliers are 9 or 12 years.
Covid gave them free reign to basically delay trials indefinitely and most of the country would applaud them for it. Its been offhandedly mentioned a bunch of times and nobody seems to want to open the can of worms by talking about it in depth.
And you know if the charges were dropped none of them would be paid back for it.
Moral of the story: don't get taken alive for any reason.
Defendants have to ask for a speedy trial. Often times the defense wants time to build the case and the courts give them that right. Often because the defendant is poor and the defense just does it as something to fill the time between better paying clients. Jail is also arguably better than prison, but still counts as time served.
There likely isn't any special legal system fuckery in this particular case.
Let me repeat: The defendant can ask for more time to build the case. The state may grant this request.
In Poland you can be temporary arrested for 3 months.
Afterwards, the court can prolong it for another 3 months.
Afterwards, the court can prolong it for another 3 months.
Afterwards, the court can prolong it for another 3 months.
...
It can go on for a while. It is called "extractive arrest" and it is meant to get suspect to admit when there is no evidence. It can go over 4 years and even some outliers are 9 or 12 years.