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Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Holbrook set the date Monday during a Zoom video conference with prosecuting and defense attorneys. Husel, who has been free on $1 million bond since shortly after his arrest, listened in on the hearing but didn t speak.
Holbrook said he has about 20 other murder cases on his docket due to the backup caused by the pandemic, and defendants who are in jail and want a trial have priority, meaning he won t be available to try Husel s case this year.
Each of the 25 counts of murder represents a separate intensive-care patient whom investigators allege died of an overdose of pain medication while under Husel s care in Mount Carmel Health hospitals from February 2015 through November 2018.