A NYC court case that amply illustrates why criminal prosecution can take a long time, here the indictment was for combat in Afghanistan in April 2003 and an undated plot to bomb the US Embassy in Nigeria. Arrested in Italy after arrival as a refugee in 2011, extradited in October 2012 and jailed February 2018.
Link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...81_story.html?