The state anticipates at least two more rounds of discovery to be issued and is waiting for testing and analysis of ballistics, including bullet and fragment comparison, by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Walnut Creek, California. The earliest possible completion date for that is in March, the motion says.
Local DA is using the slowness of BATF processing as a hammer to try and get “plea bargains” done. They know they cannot possible prove the vast majority of what they have been charged with.
They have been playing a big scam on “asset forfeiture” as a creative method of financing their operation.
New Fed budget has destroyed that.
Now they face a huge class action lawsuit over how this has been handled. Liability will destroy Wac(k)o. But it will most likely take over 5 years of litigation to settle.
In the meantime, many unfortunate innocent people’s lives are being destroyed. Headshake.