I know that the justice system can often be slow and evidence and other factors can delay it but he was arrested 21 years ago and they’ve just reached a plea deal that just says they won’t execute him. How or what can make any trial take this long? How can a trial not be thrown out for taking so long? The evidence against him is incredible and far, far more than most people who do get executed so how any trial can take this long.
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The latest season of serial talked about this. IIRC the crux of it is that the ideal situation is a plea deal because the fact that torture was involved works in favor of the defendants. The prosecutors don’t want to go to trial due to the potential impact torture would have on getting a conviction but the politicians raise a stink any time a “plea deal” is put on the table (even though quite a few victims’ families seem to be on board in order to get closure/justice of some kind).
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