[Half Vast Conspiracy]

The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, told jurors to prepare for a trial that could last several months.

I find that curious, since this animal admits what he did.

[Boogieman]

The articles says the prosecution is being very careful to dot every i and cross every t, because they want to reduce the chance that a death sentence will get overturned later. Even though it’s an open and shut case, if they rush it, they may make a mistake, and then people will be more unhappy with that than if they took a few extra months to prosecute.