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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In general it’s in the defenses best interest to delay the trial as long as possible and if the defendant is in custody there really isn’t a reason for the prosecution to rush it either especially if w/o trial they sit in jail and with one and if they’re found guilty they sit in jail. This means that from the perspective of the prosecution they’ve already put them behind bars. With someone like him they’ll also be trying to negotiate any additional information they can get out of him while still trying to promise them some sort of reduced punishment. These sorts of negotiations take time and information has to be validated for accuracy which also takes time and nobody is in a hurry to push it.
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