I think CA thinks he is still testifying. I do think he is trying to make sense of it all, but the repetition sounds to my ear like he has talking points that he is trying to use to rebut the state's case. He is talking for the tapes, for sure, maybe in the hope that he'll get an appeal, or for the sake of the co-conspirators in future trials. I find it interesting to listen for the items he is repeating. Much like his testifying during the case, the repetition showcases what he is concerned about. It is like a highlighter he applies to the record. During the trial he did not realize that the enduring impact of his testimony would be that his answers for everything sounded smug, arrogant, and artisanally handcrafted for addressing the state's facts that implicate the family.
I think CA would be a nightmare to wrangle, as his attorney. I think he thinks he sounds like a world class attorney in his argumentative ranting in the jail. Imagine trying to contain that energy when it contradicts good lawyering.
The recordings tell us what CA thinks are the most damning facts on the record. During his rants about the Trescott drive-by, he keeps saying, ...and "Wendi never drinks" because he thinks that make her trip to that one liquor store more logical. This directly contradicts what JL said about WA "drinking her dinner." I don't mean to imply that WA has a drinking problem; it is just an inconsistency, and CA thinks that we don't see that he is trying to drop a breadcrumb. I feel like he is hurling loaves of stale old bread at us in these recordings, and none of them mean anything. These loaves are ornate fruitcakes full of excuses, and I hate fruitcake.
I think WA is in a very special hell. I think she got talked into this plan, and she can't talk to anyone but her co-conspirators about it, and 5 of them are in jail, and the remaining one on the outside does not appear to be a shoulder to cry on. This is a HUGE secret to keep forever, particularly from her children. I sense that WA has the capacity to feel guilt, and I think she is being consumed by it, but has no outlet to release it. I am sure that the night-time is hard for WA. She has to listen to her thoughts and sift through her regrets. The biggest one being that she needlessly hurt the people she purports to love the most. That is the worst regret you can have, no?