Seriously how in the fuck can more than a few weeks be justified?

"Fair and speedy trial" my ass

because they lacked a warrant when they searched his backpack after Mangione was apprehended in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s

The cops figuratively shoot themselves in the foot, because they're so used to plea deals they forgot how a lawful investigation is supposed to work.

They claimed there was danger and that's why they apprehended him and separated him from his bag without Miranda. But forgot that once that happened, they were no longer legally allowed to search the bag without a warrant because there was no imment threat.

Then even after searching the bag, they found nothing.

Until after the bag was at the station and searched again.

The single cop who drove the bag to the station was photographed leaving with no gloves on, testified there was no reason she'd have put gloves on while driving, but was photographed with gloves on while turning the bag in.

It's going to be insane if anything from the bag is admitted, and since it's "public knowledge" what was in the bag it's influenced every potential juror and may be grounds for a mistrial already.

I feel like they're dragging it out because they know it's gonna be bad, but that's not going to help anything, people aren't just going to stop caring about this.

May? It's December ffs. Why do only Trump and other fascists get fast results when they want them?

For anyone confused about how May is even an option, the article sort of explains it.

Sort of.

New York Judge Gregory Carro gave the defense until Jan. 29 to make its final argument about the evidence in writing.  Prosecutors have until March 5.  The defense then has two weeks after that to submit a reply.

Carro said he expected to issue his decision about what, if any, evidence to exclude on May 18, at which point he would also set a date for trial.