In recent years, members of Kansas's congressional delegation urged their colleagues to waive the Medal of Honor time limit - three years since the action honoured - for Kapaun.
That's why experts urge schools to give students with dyslexia extra time on tests, waive foreign language requirements and grade separately for creativity and spelling.
The defendant's lawyers are expected to waive the "speedy trial" requirement to give them time to prepare would could be a lengthy criminal trial, two government sources indicated.