In cases of mass murder through terrorism or even by an individual, including serial killing, the appeal process should be expedited by giving it priority in courts.
A court docket should b revised to accommodate such cases FIRST.
What’s becoming a two-decade process should take no more than three months after being sentenced to death.
Not too many martyrs-to-be would be willing to meet their FAKER that fast. Cowards will be cowards.
Use Judge Roy Bean.
>>In cases of mass murder through terrorism or even by an individual, including serial killing, the appeal process should be expedited by giving it priority in courts.<<
Leaving aside the serial killers, I agree with you on terrorists, if for no other reason than that, as we’ve seen in Guantanamo, eventually the memory of the event fades and a politician will someday find a way to release them. Besides, given the political nature of terrorism, those incarcerated after a guilty verdict will gain more and more sympathizers as each month passes. Better to bring it all to a quick end once a verdict has been handed down.
I doubt that will deter future terrorists, but at least it would deter that particular one permanently, and would also cut short his efforts at developing a herd of cult followers within our country.