"Salahud-Din was indicted in December on five counts of attempted capital murder, one count of felony escape and one count of felony possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in connection with the shootings last year."
He probably doesn't have enough bail money!
That's most likely true, but I don't see how that excuses keeping someone locked up nine months without trial.
Because it would seem like several of the charges are for legally-independent crimes, I see no reason the state shouldn't schedule for trial some of the charges for which it has ample evidence at hand and for which a conviction is reasonably certain; if he's convicted of such crimes, then he could serve sentence while awaiting trial on the rest.
I must confess to being confused, though: why should it take nine months to process ballistic evidence for trial? What do they have to do--start by prospecting for a lead mine?