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DEAN v. YOUNG

No. 85-1070.

777 F.2d 1239 (1985)

Douglas G. DEAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warren YOUNG, Warden, Waupun Correctional Institute, and Bronson C. LaFollette, Attorney General of Wisconsin, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Reiher, Perry, First, Reiher, Lerner & Quindel, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

David J. Becker, Atty. Gen. Wis., Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for respondents-appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Expeditious review of criminal convictions should be the norm. Review must come quickly in order to relieve those in prison of the continuing effects of a wrongful conviction. A day in jail cannot be reclaimed. And if the error is one that can be repaired in a second trial, a prompt decision is essential so that this second trial will yield an accurate result. Memory and time pass together. This may harm the prosecutor in some cases, the...

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