{"id":383,"date":"2012-10-25T09:14:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T13:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/quitman-102-trial-set-for-december.html"},"modified":"2012-10-25T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T13:14:39","slug":"quitman-102-trial-set-for-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/quitman-102-trial-set-for-december.html","title":{"rendered":"Quitman 10+2 trial set for December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/m6yUNzNeFSw\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017ee46f87b5970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee46f87b5970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nGeorge Boston Rhynes notes a trial date of 10 December 2012\nhas finally been set for the Quitman 10+2.\nThey were arrested back in 2010 for alleged voter fraud.\nTheir &#8220;speedy trial&#8221; has taken so long that one of them has died.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe governor did convene a committee that\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/01\/who-gets-to-serve-on-the-brooks-county-school-board-vdt-.html\">\nejected them from the school board in January.<\/a>\nAfter <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/01\/quitman-10-2-press-conference.html\">\nrepeatedly going to Atlanta<\/a>,\nafter\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/wctv-spins-gabeo-meeting-as-week-long-protest.html\">\nGeorgia Association of Black Elected Officials (GABEO) held its general\nmeeting in Quitman<\/a>,\nafter\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/08\/ga-sec-state-hears-complaints-from-voters-brooks-2012-08-09.html\">\nGeorgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp came to Quitman to hear complaints<\/a>\nabout the handling of the Quitman 10+2 case and\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/where-are-the-traditional-media-about-brooks-county-board-of-elections.html\">\nrecent irregularities involving the Brooks County Board of Elections<\/a>,\nmembers of the Quitman 10+2\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x371812498\/Quitman-10-members-return-to-school-board\">\nwere finally reinstated on the school board 9 October 2012<\/a>.\nYet their &#8220;speedy trial&#8221; has been delayed for two full years,\nall the way until after this\nyear&#8217;s election.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/m6yUNzNeFSw\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m6yUNzNeFSw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a\nspeedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and\ndistrict wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district\nshall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of\nthe nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the\nwitnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining\nwitnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for\nhis defence.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Boston Rhynes notes a trial date of 10 December 2012 has finally been set for the Quitman 10+2. 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