Prohibición de prórrogas en ciertos casos penales

Explicación Simple

Si alguien es acusado de un delito donde la víctima es un niño, no se puede posponer el juicio fácilmente. Solo se puede hacer si el juez dice que hay una buena razón y que ayudaría más a la víctima que a la otra persona.

Es como cuando tienes una fiesta de cumpleaños y no puedes cambiar la fecha solo porque alguien más no está listo. Tienes que asegurarte de que todos los invitados, especialmente los más jóvenes, estén bien.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es acusado de un delito y la víctima es una niña de 10 años. Si Juan y el abogado quieren posponer el juicio para prepararse mejor, no pueden hacerlo sin que el juez esté de acuerdo y diga que eso no dañaría a la niña.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 10.46.085 - Continuances not permitted in certain cases When a defendant is charged with a crime which constitutes a violation of RCW 9A.64.020 or chapter 9.68, 9.68A, or 9A.44 RCW, and the alleged victim of the crime is a person under the age of eighteen years, neither the defendant nor the prosecuting attorney may agree to extend the originally scheduled trial date unless the court within its discretion finds that there are substantial and compelling reasons for a continuance of the trial date and that the benefit of the postponement outweighs the detriment to the victim. The court may consider the testimony of lay witnesses and of expert witnesses, if available, regarding the impact of the continuance on the victim. RCW 10.46.110 - Discharging defendant to give evidence When two or more persons are included in one prosecution, the court may, at any time before the defendant has gone into his defense, direct any defendant to be discharged, that he may be a witness for the state. A defendant may also, when there is not sufficient evidence to put him on his defense, at any time before the evidence is closed, be discharged by the court, for the purpose of giving evidence for a codefendant. The order of discharge is a bar to another prosecution for the same offense. [Code 1881 § 1092; 1873 p 237 § 253; 1854 p 120 § 117; RRS § 2162.] RCW 10.46.190 - Liability of convicted person for costs -- Jury fee Every person convicted of a crime or held to bail to keep the peace shall be liable to all the costs of the proceedings against him or her, including, when tried by a jury in the superior court or before a committing magistrate, a jury fee as provided for in civil actions for which judgment shall be rendered and collected. The jury fee, when collected for a