Blood pressure is governed by five elements--the strength of the heartbeat, the volume of blood, the viscosity of the blood, the resistance of the arterioles, and the elasticity of the arterial walls. An abnormality of any of these can cause the blood pressure to be too high or too low.
Depending on the complexity of the case a trial can last anywhere from one day to six months or longer. If you are asking how long a rape prosecution takes you are probably looking at 6 months to a couple of years.
Hearings can last from a few hours to multiple days.â The judge estimated that he and his staff spend 40 to 60 hours per month on some aspect of the death penalty. DâAurora noted that recent cases took an average of 21 years between sentencing and execution date. The cost likely is millions per case,â he noted. âLife sentences without parole would serve us much better, but we are fixated on a process that drains government resources, he concluded. (J. D'Aurora,  Death-penalty cases waste a lot of taxpayers' money , Columbus Dispatch, Aug. 8, 2012).