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9.17.2004 posted by William 13:37 link |
Follow-up on the protest arrests: the NY Times says, "What is clear now - from interviews, a review of newly released city and state records, and a decision from a previously undisclosed court hearing - is that the city's new system for speedy processing of mass arrests failed its first major test that week.
At least one of the city's major justifications for delays in releasing protesters is not supported by state records. In addition, the city chose not to abide by a state judge's direct order to grant lawyers immediate access to their clients. When another judge gave deadlines for the release of certain prisoners who had been held at length, top city officials repeatedly came back to court to report that they could not track the prisoners down in time." It is said the wheels of justice grind slowly but exceedingly fine. We shall see. |