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by goatinaboat 1987 days ago
The justice system just moves slowly. Many people spend upwards of years before going to trial. This is nothing unusual.

They moved pretty quick on Martin Shkreli.

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He was arrested in December 2015 and his trial started in June 2017. After appeals, he wasn’t sentenced until March 2018. Not exactly a speedy process.
It depends on how fast they can build a case and how good the defence is.

He just happened to have a lot of damning evidence against him and a pretty shit defence team, coupled with a shit PR problem in all media outlets, which made his case a toss-in.