Alethea
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Mollie's murder is very high profile, with LE spending thousands of hours investigating her disappearance, processing over 4,000 tips/leads, and hundreds of articles on her case published in MSM. I would expect a statement from his defense attorneys would have been made by now simply because of the amount of time that has gone by since his arrest, and the enormity of the coverage of this case. That they haven't isn't a big deal, just seems unusual to me compared to other cases I've followed that were similar and the lawyers of the accused did make statements on the behalf of their clients regarding their thinking on the charges.
This is the one thing I agree with his attorneys on. When your client is very unpopular (for deserved or undeserved reasons), it's often best to minimize any additional attention you bring to them. I think, in my opinion only, many "high profile" defense attorneys make statements to bring attention to themselves and their practice, and it is not in the best interest of their client. When I worked at a very big firm representing very unpopular banking clients, we never, ever made any statements. We could win a motion and the firm would decline to comment. It was the firm position that attorneys were not allowed to comment to the press without the permission of the firm's chairman. So I think they're really doing what's best by not making any statement. We'll see what they say in their filings!