What Are The Pros and Cons to a Speedy Trial? Oh, and Happy New Year!

<p>Lawyer Talk still exists, just with the <a href="www.commonsenseohioshow.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Common Sense Ohio</a> podcast. This episode is chock full of law and debate.</p><p>Happy New Year! But watch out, New Year's eve is notoriously "amateur night" for driving drunk. And this time of year sees an increase in domestic abuse. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.mankind.org.uk/statistics/statistics-on-male-victims-of-domestic-abuse/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Did you know</a>, one in 6-7 men and one in 4 women will be a victim of domestic abuse in their lifetime? And, half of the male victims (49%) fail to tell anyone they are a victim of domestic abuse and are two and a half times less likely to tell anyone than female victims (19%).</li></ul><br/><p>Norm's Patriot Act prediction coming true - Norm goes into detail and references <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_Wind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stellarwind</a> as an example.</p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/23/politics/house-vote-spending-bill/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Government shutdown averted</a> - but what about the new incoming representatives now strapped with their habitual overspending?</p><p><a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/politics/2022/12/27/ohio-legislation-signed-into-law-" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The transgender athlete ban</a> does not pass Ohio’s General Assembly. The Ohio House voted against passing the amended House Bill 151, which would have banned transgender girls from participating in female sports, overhaul the Department of Education, and prohibit discrimination against students who are not vaccinated for COVID-19.</p><p>Are we light on crime? <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2022/12/27/man-accidentally-released-from-franklin-county-jail-now-being-held-with-no-bond/69758976007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbus man accidentally released from Franklin County