Written by Deborah Hastings for the New York Daily News
A Texas inmate with the critical thinking ability of a first-grader has been waiting some 34 years for a new trial. And now he’ll wait some more.
In a recent ruling, a judge decided that Jerry Hartfield’s constitutional right to a speedy trial had not been violated — despite being imprisoned since 1980 on a murder conviction that had been overturned — because, in essence, Hartfield did not ask for a new trial.
Judge Craig Estlinbaum found the state had been negligent in failing to retry the 56-year-old man, …read more
Via: ThisIs50.com
