Kallie Cox, the Charlotte Observer’s public safety reporter, talks about their upcoming investigative series where they explore how a man has been kept in jail for 11 years without ever being found guilty.

By Makayla Holder / The Charlotte Observer

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This story focuses on Davalos Perkins Who has been held pre-trial for 11 years Now he's a mentally ill man who was Arrested in his 20s for a crime that had Already gone cold by the time he was Arrested in 2005 three men robbed and Attacked Justin Irvin and his girlfriend Shasta Rich Justin was shot and killed Zavalos who was arrested in 2012 is Accused of that murder because he's Mentally ill he's been repeatedly Declared incapable of standing trial but Despite this the state is keeping him Incarcerated due to a one-word loophole In the law that can allow him to Basically serve an unofficial life Sentence and what I've learned by Reporting on the series is that in a Sentence he'll proven guilty doesn't Seem to apply to mentally ill North Carolinians stuck in the system instead They get stuck in this form of legal Purgatory where they are held Indefinitely without ever being found Guilty of the crimes they're accused of [Music] Thank you

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