...[T]he Villaggio Mall fire appeal hearing resumed [yesterday]…The appeal has now entered its 13th month, and its pace has slowed considerably after a new judge was appointed to preside over the case in October…The convicted individuals include Villaggio’s chairman, its manager, the co-owners of the improperly licensed Gympanzee nursery and the bureaucrat who gave the child care center its business permit…[T]he prosecutor requested that the court set a final date for defense lawyers to submit their requests. But he was rebuffed by the presiding judge…