Title: Why does it take so long to execute someone on death row? - Quora
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Why does it take so long to execute someone on death row?
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Content: however they will wait until the prisoner exhausts their appeal to do so. Frankly, the prisoner is often more likely to die from illness or old age before they are ever executed
William Formby
, former Professor of Criminal Justice (emeritus) at The University of Alabama (1978-2003)
Updated 2 years ago · Author has 2K answers and 3.1M answer views
The wheels of the justice system do move slowly. Consider the following steps or stages as the case moves through the system. We will use your case example and Alabama as the ex a mole state. Working on capital cases in this state I would say that the average time for the case to get to trial if all goes smoothly is three years. In some of the rural counties 4 years are not uncommon. Capital murder trials are not like any other case because of the potential outcome. So assuming that the defendant is caught right away and the person gets to trial in 3 years , plus normally a week for the trial,
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The wheels of the justice system do move slowly. Consider the following steps or stages as the case moves through the system. We will use your case example and Alabama as the ex a mole state.