Time stands still in Cook County Jail for some inmates

Updated: 2013-05-25 10:00:38

Accused rapist Andre Holmes has been locked up in the Cook County Jail for more than a decade — and he is still waiting to go to trial. Holmes, 48, is accused of raping a female high-school acquaintance in 2002. He is one of 40 inmates who have been held in the jail for more than five years, almost a third more than the number a decade ago. Those figures suggest the wheels of justice continue to grind slowly in Cook County’s criminal courts.

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