REFERENCE: NEW YORK TIMES... I have come up with these questions to better understand this article.

1. In what ways did law enforcement and the court systems work together throughout the process in the article I am having a hard time finding this.
2. What jurisdictions did the court systems have & how did this inform the process or result?
3. please explain to me how the court system functioned in order to arrive at a decision in this case what is the function of the court system n what were the steps that the court system followed, I keep getting confused about the steps they followed.