Not laughing, and you might think about this.  Brian was a white man serving a largely native community where his killer happened to be a native. Imagine for a moment if the perpetrator (native) was ultimately exonerated and his name took 36 months to finally be cleared. Can you imagine the hue and cry that would be brought up regarding the poor mans ordeal and delay of justice for him?

I stand by my contention that with the facts of the case being what they were the trial took far too long to gain justice for Brian. I also have to ask where was the purpertrator as these  processes moved glacially along? Was he home? Was he free on bail? One things certain, a long drawn out process benefitted the perpetrator.  We’ll never know if Brian (who well understood the intricacies of the law) would have agreed whether the court met the constitutional requirement to conduct a speedy trial. I’d ask him, but of course he’s still dead.