Interesting interview, thanks for linking. Both Kevin and Anya speculate that RA wants to plead guilty but may not be getting good legal advise (ie the prosecution has nothing on you). Phonecalls to wife/mother from RA wanting to explain what he had done, please love me anyway, but they hang up on him. His therapist admonished him about talking about his case but he continued to confess to her as well. After he found religion he told people he was scared of not seeing his family again in this life so if he beared his soul he would see them again in heaven.
D might not be working in the best interests of RA, instead that of his wife/mother. During the hearing whenever there was talk of the girls/actual crime scene RA appeared very agitated, twitching, glaring. Anya thinks the rejection from his wife/mother may’ve pushed him back to the “not guilty” side. She summarizes that the D may be “dragging this guy through the process”.
Brett speculates Judge will allow confession and so he hopes D will put these things to RA “look, this is what jury will hear”. If 3rd party evidence is restricted “look we have no defense”.
What i found interesting was the theory of Alice and Brett that if Judge Gull brings down the Odinist hammer, the attorneys expect that the D might change course to focus on KAK, ballistics, digital etc etc, which might mean they have to seek a continuance, because they aren't ready for that trial.
Apparently this is not uncommon if you suffer a reverse on pre-trial evidential issues.
Their views / IMO etc