i was kind of surprised that it took so long, but i was relieved. relieved, too, that reginald potts, as was his right, demanded a speedy trial. but then reginald potts used every resource at his disposal to delay the process. nbc chicago s reporter watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else altogether. he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois abolished capital punishment so that was off the table. and still, reginald s actions forced delays. this is one of the most bizarre cases we ve seen in chicago. just as nailah s family had reached out to the media, reginald potts tried to launch a p.r. campaign from behind bars. his family reached out trying to convince people that there
who must be punished. and indeed he was. life without parole. take him away. so that was justice. the most nailah s family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely, empty. it s still not done. she s still not back. you still can t talk with her. no. they tried to remember nailah not as a murder victim but as a beautiful young woman she was. the vibrant center of her family. but grief, real and painful, comes to visit every day. you know, people say, oh, well, she s your spirit and she s your angel and she s in a better place and all this other stuff. i m like yeah, but i want her here. i don t want my 28-year-old sister to be my angel. i want her to be right here in the thick of it with me.
but then reginald potts used every resource at his disposal to delay the process. nbc chicago s reporter watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else all together. he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois abolished capital punishment so that was off the table. and still, reginald s actions forced delays. this is one of the most bizarre cases we ve seen in chicago. just as nailah s family had reached out to the media, reginald potts tried to launch a p.r. campaign from behind bars. his family reached out trying to convince people that there may be some way that he s not
take him away. so that was justice. the most nailah s family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely, empty. it s still not done. she s still not back. you still can t talk with her. no. they tried to remember nailah not as a murder victim but as a beautiful young woman she was. the vibrant center of her family. but grief, real and painful, comes to visit every day. you know, people say, oh, well, she s your spirit and she s your angel and she s in a better place and all this other stuff. i m like yeah, but i want her here. i don t want my 28-year-old sister to be my angel. i want her to be right here in the thick of it with me. that s all for this edition of dateline extra. i m tamron hall. thanks for watching.
reginald potts used every resource at his disposal to delay the process. nbc chicago s reporter charlie wojciechowski, watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else altogether. he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois abolished capital punishment so that was off the table. and still, reginald s actions forced delays. this is one of the most bizarre cases we ve seen in chicago. just as nailah s family had reached out to the media, reginald potts tried to launch a p.r. campaign from behind bars. his family reached out trying to convince people that there may be some way that he s not associated with this crime, that it might be someone else that,