Six years - that's how long three women have been waiting for their alleged rapist to go to trial in Marion Co. They want to know, why is it taking so long to get justice?
What’s more—WRTV Investigates uncovered no one appears to be tracking the length of criminal cases in our state.
When WRTV Investigates Kara Kenney looked up the case, she found the case summary alone is 34 pages long. Robyn later got a sexual assault exam, and the DNA was a match for Stone, prosecutors said in court documents. “I could feel him behind me and I turned around,” said Mikayla. “At that point, I thought for sure I was going to die."“I was crying the whole time and that was making him upset or mad,” said Mikayla.According to prosecutors, when Stone stopped his car along an interstate off-ramp, Mikayla got out and called the police.
“If I can’t remember the answer or can’t recall, here we are with unanswered questions the jury can’t get answers to,” said Mikayla.Six years sounds like a long time for justice.We checked with the Indiana Office of Court Services, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, the Marion County Clerk’s Office, the Marion County Court Administrator, the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, as well as statewide associations representing both prosecutors and public defenders.
“That does surprise me,” said Nedeff. “I know it’s not readily available because I’ve tried to look for those statistics.” Robyn Matthews says prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges need to be held accountable for delaying justice—whatever that might be.She’s calling on state and local agencies to start tracking how long criminal cases take, so they can pinpoint which ones are languishing.
Following the charge against Stone in Sara’s case, the judge found Stone violated probation on the other case and sent Stone to jail to await trial.
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