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>> nbc chicagos reporter watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else all together. >> he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. >> one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois abolished capital punishment so that was off the table. and still, reginalds actions forced delays. >> this is one of the most bizarre cases weve seen in chi...

>> yeah, absolutely, definitely. >> nailahs family loved andre. what family wouldnt? >> she brought him to my childs first birthday party. he brought my baby a gift. i was like who does that? because hes a nice, quality person. >> they liked you. >> i think so, yeah, yeah. due to her influence, though. >> you started planning on moving in together, right? on being together? >> we did. >> it was happening pretty fast. >> it felt good though. it just felt natural. >> it was long distance, he in mi...

Potts, as was his right, demanded a speedy trial. but then -- >> reginald potts used every resource at his disposal to delay the process. >> nbc chicagos reporter charlie wojciechowski watched something like amazement as reginald turned speedity justice into something else altogether. >> he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. >> one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois ...

Life without parole. >> take him away. >> so that was justice. the most nailahs family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely, empty. >> its still not done. shes still not back. you still cant talk with her. >> no. they try to remember nailah not as a murder victim but as a beautiful young woman she was. the vibrant center of her family. but grief, real and painful, comes to visit every day. >> you know, people say, oh, well, shes your spirit and shes your angel and shes in a better p...

Or something. >> yeah, absolutely, definitely. >> nailahs family loved andre. what family wouldnt? >> she brought him to my childs first birthday party. he brought my baby a gift. i was like who does that? because hes a nice quality person. >> they liked you. >> i think so, yeah, yeah. due to her influence, though. >> you started planning on moving in together, right? on being together? >> we did. >> it was happening pretty fast. >> it felt good though. it just felt natural. >> it was long dista...

>> nailahs family loved andre. what family wouldnt? >> she brought him to my childs first birthday party. he brought my baby a gift. i was like who does that? because hes a nice quality person. >> they liked you. >> i think so, yeah, yeah. due to her influence, though. >> you started planning on moving in together, right? on being together? >> we did. >> it was happening pretty fast. >> it felt good though. it just felt natural. >> it was long distance, he in milwaukee, she in chicago. they stay...

>> so that was justice. the most nailahs family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely, empty. >> its still not done. shes still not back. you still cant talk with her. >> no. they tried to remember nailah not as a murder victim but as a beautiful young woman she was. the vibrant center of her family. but grief, real and painful, comes to visit every day. >> you know, people say, oh, well, shes your spirit and shes your angel and shes in a better place and all this other stuff. im lik...

Delay the process. >> nbc chicagos reporter watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else all together. >> he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. >> one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois abolished capital punishment so that was off the table. and still, reginalds actions forced delays. >> this is one of the most bizarre cas...

I was kind of surprised that it took so long, but i was relieved. >> relieved, too, that reginald potts, as was his right, demanded a speedy trial. but then -- >> reginald potts used every resource at his disposal to delay the process. >> nbc chicagos reporter watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else altogether. >> he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. >> one, two...

Who must be punished. >> and indeed he was. life without parole. >> take him away. >> so that was justice. the most nailahs family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely, empty. >> its still not done. shes still not back. you still cant talk with her. >> no. they tried to remember nailah not as a murder victim but as a beautiful young woman she was. the vibrant center of her family. but grief, real and painful, comes to visit every day. >> you know, people say, oh, well, shes your spi...