The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a speedy trial. “Speedy” is, admittedly, an imprecise term.

But consider the case of a mass murder committed in November of 2009, witnessed by several people, many of whom suffered wounds in the attack, followed immediately by an arrest and for which there has never been another suspect.  The fact that there has not yet been a trial, much less a verdict or sentencing, would seem, on the face of things, to violate that constitutional guarantee.