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"The U.S. State Department has responded to a petition on WhiteHouse.gov regarding Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe and his recent indictment on manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic. &amp;quot;Pending Mr. Blythe&amp;apos;s trial, we cannot discuss the details of his case. We are closely monitoring the progress of his trial,&amp;quot; read the response by Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.\r\nQ&amp;amp;A: Lamb of God&amp;apos;s Randy Blythe on Imprisonment and Freedom\r\nThe State Department noted in its 2011 Human Rights Report that the Czech Republic&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;laws provide for the right to a fair trial, and the independent judiciary generally enforced this right.&amp;quot; The State Department also said they &amp;quot;expect that the Czech government will make all efforts to ensure a fair, transparent and timely trial for Mr. Blythe, and guarantee full protection of his legal rights under Czech law and his welfare.&amp;quot;\r\nBlythe has said he will return to the Czech Republic to stand trial for the 2010 incident in Prague in which a fan who repeatedly came onstage was pushed, fell and later died."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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