"It's just an indefinite time frame"

The Daily Crime

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4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In Mecklenburg County, N.C., more than 900 people charged with violent felonies, including 100 murder defendants, haven't faced a jury and it's unclear when they'll appear in court. WCNC Senior Reporter Michelle Boudin has been looking into these cases, in which families of victims are left waiting for justice. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.1	What have they told you at this point?
0:02.8	When can you expect to actually have a trial?
0:05.7	At this point, there's just no expectation.
0:09.3	There's no...
0:10.6	You have no idea.
0:11.7	No idea.
0:12.5	For Vault Studios, I'm Reed Redmond.
0:14.8	You're listening to The Daily Crime. 22-year-old Don Quavius Davis was shot to death in May of 2019.
0:29.7	You know, you miss that beautiful smile of his or the joking of his, and his just beauty.
0:38.2	He was so handsome.
0:39.7	A suspect was quickly arrested and charged with murder.
0:42.8	But well over two years later, the Davis family is left waiting for justice.
0:47.9	And this is not the only case on hold in the county.
0:51.2	New tonight, the pandemic closed the courts for 16 months, creating an even
0:55.9	bigger backlog for an already strapped system and leaving hundreds of families waiting for justice.
1:01.6	There are more than 110 murder defendants awaiting trial. More than 130 sexual assault
1:06.8	defendants waiting for court dates, more than 180 armed robbery suspects. In all, more than
1:12.0	900 people charged with violent felonies are awaiting justice in Mecklenburg County.
1:18.7	Michelle Bowden joins us from WCNC in Charlotte, North Carolina. Michelle, the COVID-19 pandemic
1:24.5	closed the courts in the Charlotte area in Mecklenburg County for 16 months.
1:29.7	What is that meant for all of the cases that otherwise would have gone to trial in that time?
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