So this has been bugging me for a while. Is the WS community investigating the case or are they trying to litigate it? I am often trying to figure out the facts (not argue them in a court of law). It seems like it's more law focused? Which is super interesting, but less investigative. I'm sure they go hand in hand but I'm finding a lot more arguing the case than trying to figure what happened. Newbie here so it's really a humble question.
Good points,
@Chloegirl. It's good to have you here, newbie, middlie or oldie
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, I think we're all are here because we care about the case and feel we have something to add to the discussion.
IMO:
The discussions on this thread in the first 6 weeks after Ethan, Xana, Maddie and Kaylee were brutally murdered by an unknown perp and before BK was arrested and charged with their murders, there was enormous focus on trying to figure out what happened (who could have done it and why), in a more typical sleuthing fashion that I think you're referring to as investigative oriented, if I understand you correctly.
Between BK's arrest and LE saying he was the only suspect, and the gag order, there was plenty more investigative oriented focus then on if he did it, if he acted alone, why and how he did it.
After the gag order, which meant no one participating in the case was allowed to discuss the case or any new developments with the media or make statements to the pubic, and until his trial, all that is new information available to the public are the court documents, which are posted on the Idaho court website as they come out, and the pre-trial hearings.
So that's my take, for what it's worth, on why it might seem that the discussions here are more law focused since the gag order has been in place, because what's new to discuss are the court documents, and pre-trial hearings.
And we already know who LE and the prosecution believe is the only suspect who did it, BK, so there's more focus now on what can be speculated about what's in the court documents and what it means in terms of the legal developments in the prosecution's case, what the judge's role and decisions are about, and what it may mean to the defense's case.
Also now that the prosecution will be seeking the death penalty, that's another legal oriented aspect of the case to discuss because it means the case will be tried in a different vein from a legal standpoint, than it was before when it wasn't yet a death penalty case.
All JMO