It does seem at least a little bit wrong that someone committed to a hospital as a sexually violent predator should go 12 full years without a trial, no?
I understand that, sometimes, you're waiting to try to get better in the meantime, so that the result of the trial is more likely to be in your favor.
But having to wait over two full years to be "reevaluated" by your doctors seems quite a bit too long.
That's the backstory here, anyway.
(Though my guess would be that the petitioner, Ishmael Carter, will still be held at the hospital for a long period of time -- perhaps forever -- notwithstanding today's result.)
