It's incredibly rare for a case to stay in the news from the day it first happens to the day of the verdict. Once the suspect is arrested, you are going to have large What is the media suppose to report? There is no news. There are also so many other stories out there that also need the airtime. Stories where the victims are missing or where there has been arrest. Cases like the Boston Bomber, Aurora shooter, Hannah Graham, Freddie Gray...they all left the media at points and then came back when something new happened.
Yes (in some many, most, all?) cases there are long MSM coverage gaps.
"...periods of time where nothing is happening...." Respectfully offering a diff view re <--- phrasing.
Often there are
ct hearings re whether certain items can be admitted into evidence, whether certain witnesses stmts will be allowed in, etc. Often a judge request that both parties
file briefs to support their position for or against admission, so they do legal research on the issue.
Another point: def team
reviews discovery (docs, interviews, vids, transcriptions, forensic findings, etc) from the pros-team, to anticipate how the pros-team may use and present their case. Def teams looks for weaknesses, possible mistakes, ambiguities, or vagueness, which can be used in cross exam or in defense's direct-exam..
Pros-team also keeps sleeves rolled up while performing reciprocal work.
During media coverage gaps, both prosecutor team and defense team are working on case
(and other cases), but not issuing media releases, not holding pressers, not tweeting, not FB'ing about case. Does not necessarily mean nothing is happening
JM2cts, could be wrong.
