Final Justice, 20 Years Later

The Indiana Supreme Court just ruled today that the murder convictions of Jeff Pelley have been upheld. This brings final closure to a case that began in April of 1989 and that my family was very much intertwined with, since dad took over the church shortly after Jeff killed his minister father, stepmother and two stepsisters.

There had been an issue as to whether or not Jeff's right to a speedy trial was violated. Turns out, it was not, so he'll be spending the rest of his life in prison. I don't imagine he's much of a threat in prison and he'll now have a lot of time to think through how his life would have been different had he accepted his dad's punishment and not gone to the prom that night.