speedy trial

collocation in English

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speedy
adjective
uk
/ˈspiː.di/us
/ˈspiː.di/
quick:
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trial
noun
uk
/traɪəl/us
/traɪəl/
the hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a ...
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(Definition ofspeedyandtrialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He merely wants arrest,speedytrialand early sentence.
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We shall continue to provide him with appropriate consular assistance and press for aspeedytrial.
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The business of the quarter sessions, and the desirability of aspeedytrial, is accordingly distorted.
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Brody is given aspeedytrialand is hanged publicly.
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It is also in the interest of the victims to have aspeedytrialso that their rights are respected.
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There are other areas, such as the right to aspeedytrial, where other states are not up to the mark.
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I wish to refer to the question ofspeedytrialand the question of holidays, which is sometimes linked with it.
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The military court quickly convicted him in aspeedytrialand gave him a life sentence.
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The charge was later dismissed for failure to provide her with aspeedytrial.
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That is to say, he is certain of obtaining aspeedytrial, and if he is in custody that may be a matter of great importance.
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Prosecutors and presiding officers are constitutionally bound, therefore, to prevent infringement of the right to aspeedytrial.
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Instead, he made overtures of reconciliation, with judicious andspeedytrialand subsequent release of well over 800 detainees.
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Doggett then entered a conditional plea of guilty, reserving the right to appeal thespeedytrialclaim.
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The state guarantees close association of judicial apparatuses with litigants, in addition to aspeedytrialof matters.
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They know that they will get aspeedytrial, and, what is not less important, they know almost within a week or two when that trial will take place.
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Despite this concentration of powers, however, some rights of the accused were observed, including the consideration of evidence for the prisoner and aspeedytrial.
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A person has the right to aspeedytrial, as without one, a defendant could be held indefinitely under a cloud of unproven criminal accusations.
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Having vainly petitioned the council four times for a pardon or aspeedytrial, he addressed the same prayer to the parliament.
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It establishes rights to aspeedytrial, to counsel, against self-incrimination, and for the accused to be present and call and examine witnesses.
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Glass was the last to be prosecuted for graft, and he insisted that his rights to aspeedytrialhad been violated.
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He won the case by enforcing his client's constitutional right to aspeedytrial; the district attorney was not prepared, and the case was dismissed.
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The right to aspeedytrialis crucial to assuring that a criminal defendant receives a fair trial, which is also their right.
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In return, the juvenile surrenders certain constitutional rights, such as a right to trial by jury, the right to cross-examine, and even the right to aspeedytrial.
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