Theiss gets the warrant reissued, keeping the alleged bad guy locked up for the moment. I used to say that when I was a prosecutor, mostly for the benefit of the complaining witness. Like any other prosecutor in these high volume courts, I knew this was one less case in the system. The prosecutors want justice, of course, but they also need to get through the day, the week, the month. The defense lawyers work the system - work the prosecutors, work the judges, work whatever they can on behalf of their clients.
Plea bargaining is the way of life.
Who Enter Here. The defendants themselves know how to work the system, too. For example, in Part II we see a woman accused of child abuse stolidly refuse to acknowledge any responsibility whatever. Her case is pending for over a year, during which time she cannot visit her children. She never signals any sense that she may have contributed to her dilemma.