My federal case took 5 years from indictment until pleading. But I did have appearances every 90-120 days or so to waive my right to a speedy trial (walk in sign a piece of paper in front of the judge and leave, it usually took about 15 minutes). Since he has shown he is a flight risk, I don't know if he could bond out, but his lawyer can definitely file a motion.

It is certainly possible but I would say it's unlikely since he has already fled once that a judge would allow bond at all. But at this point at least you are going into it with your eyes open, you know the likelihood of him getting bond is slim so you won't have your hopes high. But some chance is better than no chance.

I remember the wait and how unbearable it was to not know, it's a permanent state of limbo, I'm so sorry you are going through this. :-(

The process for stuff like this is unbearable...but the longer it goes on, the better it is for your husband. I would agree that with your husband showing he is a runner, the likelihood of him bonding out is small.

From the time our house was raided until the I was indicted was almost 3 years, during which time I still worked my federal job and had a normal life. The delay actually worked in my favor since the judge took that as a sign that I wasn't a threat and all that and thought the govt dragged their feet on everything.

After the indictment everything went rather fast as this is a speedy trial district. Indictment to sentencing was 6 months. It sure felt longer than that at times!! :(

We had exactly 7 months from the search warrant to sentencing. I was advised it would take around a year(Scottish law gives you 366 days to set sentencing, if its not done by then it can be thrown out of court)but as all images were accessed on a singular device and he confessed during the search it went quickly.
Being in limbo was awful, not knowing what was going to happen and it felt like forever! We got to the stage of just wanting it to be over no matter what sentence he got! It is torture but it's not forever. Hope it starts to move quicker soon.

Thanks for the feedback. Our family gets stronger each day and then often times we take 10 steps back ...but we are still here...still fighting for the truth as tiresome as it gets. Its good to know this board is here.

Psalm,

The feds are in no hurry to prosecute this case for several reasons------

1) they think they have all the evidence they need and that evidence will always be there. Some of the evidence is not a case in which they worry about the witnesses getting cold feet and being reluctant to testify, so there is no hurry 2) they know they are wearing down your husband, which they hope will break him financially and break his will to fight, and 3) they are probably waiting for one of his co-defendants to break and drop a dime on the other two. Often in these cases with multiple defendants, one defendant is offered a decent plea in exchange for this testimony and cooperation against the other defendants.

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