fieryscribe t1_jb5leop wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in Police arrest suspect in rape of woman on the Upper West Side by dosmey

Yeah, could very well be. I imagine there are a number of procedural delays, especially in a case such as that which involved eyewitness testimony. Covid may have also played a role after 2020.

PiffityPoffity t1_jb5nmuv wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:54 PM

COVID absolutely played a huge role. Courts had to cancel a bunch of hearings and trials, which then got rescheduled and pushed other hearings and trials back, etc. Courts were already struggling with the workload pre-COVID and they haven’t caught up since.