Logsdon knows the Idaho Supreme Court ruled multiple times that BARD is not the standard for indictments. The only reason to bring up this motion is to stall, as you say, or so he can bring this motion through the courts at the taxpayers expense and make a name for himself.
Yes, that is how I understood it too. Essentially BARD, but even if not BARD "warrant a conviction" is more than just "probable cause".
Agree. In the hearing it was mentioned that BARD was used for GJ indictment before 1920. They also mentioned 1980 for BARD being used. Since then it has been probable cause as the threshold for indictment. I'd like to know more about what happened in 1920 and 1980.
During the last hearing, the Judge did say:
I disagree. They already fought for every tiny instructional and procedural issue they could dig out of the instructions, selection of jurors, the juror questionaires, etc. They are only challenging the process because they haven't found anything more to challenge. If probable cause has been the wrong standard of proof for Grand Juries for 100 years, I find it impossible to believe that not one other attorney in the last 100 years has been good enough to challenge that and win. AT is a very experienced and capable public defender. She already took one fight to the Idaho Supreme Court and won. It was a fight that needed to be made, and I think it's great that she won it. But the fact that she has not fought this before tells me that this is a hail mary pass, not the same sort of fight she made before.
Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger scores minor victory in court
The move, made in a 32-page order filed in The Second District Court of Idaho, comes nine months after Kohberger's defense waived his right to a speedy trial.www.dailymail.co.uk
Can the judge review it, release it to the defense, but seal it for 99 years, to protect the identities of the individuals identified by the tree?
I think the Prosecution filed a Protective Order,
Would there ever be a good time? Whenever they did it, it would end up being close to something. One of the victims' birthdays. The start of the semester. Exam time. Rush week.
Optics would have been worse if some drunk students broke in with an ouija board. I wouldn't have put it past someone to try, and no doubt it would have been all over Tiktok and then the Mail, Sun, and Mirror. I'd rather if anyone was in there, it was professionals doing their jobs with the victims in mind.
It looks like Logsdon does intend to take it to the Idaho Supreme Court, so we will see how it goes one way or the other. It is possible this has never been challenged before. JJ seemed to think Logsdon's idea was worthy of a higher court and I think the Idaho Supreme Court may as well.
People are drawn to crime for all kinds of reasons, and for some, it's because there's a thrill for them. They haven't had a guard posted in a portacabin outside the house for months just because they felt like it. There's always a risk of people breaking in and 'souveniring'. And, with the presence of phones that can record, the taking of footage that can be broadcast internationally. The worst we've had so far is the 'bleeding house' picture, and that's with all the long lenses and drones the Mail could bankroll. One kid with a phone could put graphic photos of the rooms where they died all over the internet. They'd go viral. No putting that back in the box.
With the FBI continuing to provide hands on help to local PD...BK mind as well spare himself the death penalty and beg for a deal.
