MSOpinion Justice delayed is justice denied (Part 2) “The basic principle is that no one should be deprived of liberty unless there has been a trial and final conviction”
“The basic principle is that no one should be deprived of liberty unless there has been a trial and final conviction”
In this regard, the inquiry as to whether or not an accused has been denied such right is not susceptible by precise qualification.
In a number of cases, this Court has not hesitated to grant the so-called “radical relief’ and to spare the accused from undergoing the rigors and expense of a full-blown trial where it is clear that the has been deprived of due process of law or other constitutionally guaranteed rights. This writ is usually used to question the legality of an arrest or detention; now it can be used to release a person whose constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated.
As for Miles Albasin, she is a UP Cebu alumna and former student leader, a political activist, and now languishing in detention after being accused as a member of the New Peoples Army.
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