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On 9/26/14 12:17 PM, wrote:

And once it starts running, doesn't the prosecution have six months or
so to get to trial? While the standards for obtaining an indictment are
pretty low, prosecutors usually try a bit harder for a murder true bill.

18 U.S. Code § 3161 says 70 days

The Supreme Court hasn't really ruled on this, and there is no shortage
of cases in which the defendant did not seek a delay and the trial did
not start for months or even years after "70 days."