Prosecutors on March 14 admitted to violating the rights of a Jan. 6 defendant by keeping him in jail without filing charges within the timeframe required by federal law. The defendant at a hearing later Monday attempted to plead guilty, but was turned down by the judge in a move that raised questions about the judge’s grasp of the law. U.S. prosecutors said in a motion filed in the case against Lucas Denney that the government violated a law called the Speedy Trial Act “by failing to file an indictment or information within the time frame” set forth by a federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 3161. Denney has been held since Dec. 13, 2021, on belief he committed crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. law requires charges to be filed within 30 days of arrest. Eighty-five days elapsed before a federal grand jury indicted Denney for allegedly …