I've never followed a case that had so many possible POIs (before an arrest even happened) and then so many other possibilities even after. I don't see any way this judge can legally prevent them from bringing ANY of them up. I'm sure she's trying, but I don't see it happening. I predict the defense will win on this one, although I personally think they should stick with poking holes in the timeline.
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MOO
My opinion:
She absolutely can prohibit it, because there has to be a solid link between the third party being accused and the crime. You can’t just start trying to shift the blame onto other people… especially if those others have alibis, don’t fit the description of BG, or they can’t actually be tied to the crime in any way.
I think I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - so many people are concerned about the “lack of evidence” against RA, when the evidence against someone like BH is essentially that they were into Odinism, they had some weird Facebook posts, and their alibi must be fabricated (without evidence). Why are we okay with them being implicated in something with so very little evidence, but when it comes to RA, the state has next to no case, it’s all going to fall apart, there’s nothing connecting him to the crime, etc. if there’s nothing connecting RA to the crime, there is even less connecting any of the Odinists at this point. Confessions are solid when it’s EF or BH, but not so much when it’s RA.
If the defense were able to give RA an alibi, or put one of the Odinists at the crime scene, or show really any evidence they were at or near the crime scene, I would feel differently. But right now you have essentially fantasy being constructed by the defense and the defense then asking for this fantasy to be allowed in court as a defense. That’s not how it works, nor do I believe that’s how it should work. You don’t get to make the trial about someone else with very little basis for that. They have to make very specific claims with very specific evidence.
Any “you”s are general “you”s, not directed at the quoted poster. All my opinion, still.