Written By: Aelan Snyder ’28 A criminal trial is a painstakingly long process for all parties involved. The process becomes even more drawn out when a mistrial is declared at the end of a trial and the prosecution chooses to retry the case. Now a defendant must go through pre-trial motions, scheduling a trial, jury-selection and the trial itself, not once but twice, to obtain … Continue reading Dead Time After Mistrial: How Virginia’s Lack of Speedy Trial Clock for Retrial is Undermining Justice