Seriously, what difference can it possibly make in anyone's life that the document is sealed to all but LE, the court, the state, the defendant and counsel?
No one else needs to know, people just want to see it, hoping there are some gory details contained therein.
There is no reason to chum the water, the feeding frenzy has begun based solely on speculation and opinion.
If there is a trial, which I doubt will happen, the details will then be public.
Every person accused of a crime is cloaked in the presumption of innocence and is entitled to vigorous representation.
Whomever RMA retains as counsel has the duty to make the state prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant is guilty.
For the UK inquirer, private attorneys can turn down any case, public defense counsel (free lawyer) gets assigned to represent the impoverished by the Public Defenders Office. The PD may get stuck with an unpleasant case, but is obligated to exercise vigorous representation.
It doesn't matter if the lawyer believes the client is guilty, duty is duty. The only thing the attorney can not do is put her client on the stand and ask questions knowing that the client's answers will be a lie. It is subornation of perjury.
THIS.
I try never to skip ahead but I'm pages behind and just want to reply to this.
It's MY OPINION ONLY that as I am not the defendant nor the victims, my right to know does not supersede the families' right to receive justice.
If the people who DO know, such as LE and the DA, and most importantly the families, find it vital to keep the PC sealed, then I am all for it.
Of course I'm extremely curious as to how they got RA, why they know he's BG, what precisely happened to Abby and Libby, if anyone else is involved, and so on. I can barely wait to find out. But my morbid curiosity is not as urgent to me as to have the killer found guilty.
If unsealing the PC would in any way compromise the case, my private curiosity can certainly take a seat. I'm a mature adult, I may have a right to know as enshrined in law, but I can wait until the trial.
If the families are petitioning to keep it sealed, who am I to go against their wishes? Even if we think their desires are unfounded, or not within their rights, I want them to have whatever brings them 1) justice and 2) peace.
I have the same prurient interest as do all of us, but I will gladly defer to LE, the DA, and the Williams and Patty families.
JMO
ETA: I understand all those here who say we as yet have no evidence as to why RA has been arrested. That's true, but IMO it's a moot point. I live in a different state and won't be on the jury. That's where evidence should be revealed, in court before a judge and jury, not by us, the public. Moo.