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GIT-R-DONE!!!

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Capital cases are huge undertakings for counsel and courts.  The California Supreme Court, for example, regularly takes a decade, and sometimes well more than a decade, to decide a case.  Judge Sandra Beckwith, chief of the U.S. District Court for southern Ohio, last week — apparently citing delay — snagged five cases from a single federal district court judge, U.S. District Judge Walter Rice. Press accounts suggest some pressure was applied behind the scenes.  Prosecutors appear to be rejoicing:

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 28, 2008 (boomark / email).