Judiciary System in Haiti

In the United States, Americans have the right to a speedy trial, according to the Sixth Amendenment.  This is not the case in Hait.

Guy, a nineteeen year old Haitian, has spent four years in dismal prison without being charged or trialed.  He is one of the more than 5,000 prisoners who escaped after January's earthquake.  Holding these prisoners without being charged or trialed is common in Hait.  This article explains how police arrested Haitians for ignorant things like dancing with a police's wife.  This article also explains how they crowd 4,300 prisoners in a prison built for 800 people and leave them their to die due to malnutrition, and poor health care.

I, as an American, feel this is unjust and just wrong.  This article uses pathos to appeal to the emotion of sympathy.  I sympathize for the prisoners, because of the conditions they face.  I also feel a since of pride in America's government, because I know these conditions are not lawful in the United States.  Legal experts say the earthquake has given the country a chance to reform its judicary system.  The judiciary system has poor ethos.  They should work on building up their ethos first, because trust is the foundation for everthing.  If they don't have trustworthy police or judicial board members, they are not going to have a good foundation for their judicary system.  After they have built a good foundation, they first need to recapture the prisoners that escaped after the earthquake.  They then need to review the prisoners' charges and trials (or trial those prisoners that have not gone to trial).  Then they can futher work on filtering their judiciary system.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100306/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake