I. Are Details of LE’s Criminal Investigation the "Public's Business"???
II. Does PI Assure Appropriate Attn. to Case???
It amazes me that folks think details of this case is not anyones business. If you are a citizen of the united States and the FBI is involved then it is 100% your business…. At least SG will see to it that this case gets appropriate attention with his PI. Imo
@PrincessIvy snipped for focus. Respectfully, disagreeing w your post, which I read as asserting the public’s right to know details of LE’s criminal investigation now, pre-arrest.
I. Details are "Public's Business"??? Imo details are SOMEONE’S “business” now but not that of the public.
PRE-arrest, details of the crim investigation are the “business” of LE.
AFTER arrest, and DURING Discovery (i.e., pretrial) details are the “business” ---
--- of the prosecutor, on behalf of the state, i.e., the public, to prosecute the case, and
--- the def't & def atty to prep for defense under def’t’s Sixth Amendment Rights,* and
--- judge, thru pretrial motions, briefs,hearings, etc. to issue orders, make rulings, etc.
--- but still not the “business” of public, except for the Information/Complaint or Indictment.
DURING TRIAL, details are the still the” business” of prosecutor, def't & def atty, as parties make opening stmts, examine & cross examine witnesses, offer exhibits, and make closing arguments to persuade the jury, all subject to rules of evidence.
The TRIAL is the stage at which DETAILS (subject to rules of evidence & judge’s rulings) are MADE PUBLIC. Yet even then, imo the details are not the “business” of the public.
Details are the “business” of the JURY (if not a bench trial) to use in deliberating def’t’s fate in reaching a guilty or not guilty verdict.
II. PI Assures Appropriate Attn. to Case???
Moscow PD, multiple ID. State Police & FBI personnel have been and still are all investigating these four deaths for CRIMINAL prosecution. Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife are not running this show.
MSM, bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, & all kinds of other soc media have been and are still providing extensive coverage of this case, imo.
Not to be snarky, but short of Devine announcements from the Heavens, what more attention can be brought to this case? Attention to whom? The public? The public does not vote or render a verdict, like in a People’s Choice television program.
Are trials open to the public? Yes, thanks to the Sixth Amendment providing “… the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial…”* 6th A.is a right of the accused, not the public (which may be conferred elsewhere. Anyone?)
imo jmo moo
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*U.S. Sixth Amendment. “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.”
