Appellate courts in some cases, but it takes time to get there, and a lot of money, and it’s easy to bankrupt people in the process.

For criminal complaints, it can cost municipalities a lot of money. If the Ahmaud Arbery people make it to appeal, it could mean millions. Their families have the money it seems as they started the process last year, but it’s usually 4~6 years and there is no guarantee an appellate court will even take the case. Troy Davis fought to the very end when he was executed.

The Jan 6th political prisoners have to appeal to DC (yes, the horrifically corrupt DC federal courts also have their own incredibly corrupt appellate court just for DC!!), and after they take six years to deny hearing it, then they can file to be heard in SCOTUS.

Honestly the Jan 6th thing is so obviously political, any truly functioning supreme court would have already responded to those cases Sua sponte  (of their own volition). 

 @djsumdog @✙ dcc :pedomustdie: :phear_slackware:  @redneonglow @Pawlicker 🐾😹 @​ @Hoss “Cyber Santa” Delgado Yeah.
My point was why is the deck stacked against us and why weren't we stacking the deck decades ago? Maybe it's a rhetorical question and I'm just complaining. Let me complain