Oh, and his long memory........There were quite a few posts in this forum stating that there HAD to be a man involved, as women don't do the things she did.
I will say this-I am irritated by the rationalizations being offered by the press including that this prevents the family from having to relive the crime and it's details through the years long appeals process if she had received the DP.
I think that is incredibly patronizing. Mark Klaas has been willing to soldier through-and I suspect that Sandra's family would have as well....
Tracy Press, 5-13-10: Cantu Family & Now DA Oppose Case Publicity.
The family of murder victim Sandra Cantu will oppose lifting a gag order and unsealing court records and in a swift reversal the San Joaquin County District Attorneys office will now do the same.
On Wednesday, three news companies, the Associated Press, The Record in Stockton, and the Bay Area News Group filed a motion with Judge Linda Lofthus to unseal records and allow people involved in the case to talk about it publicly.
Today, D.A. Jim Willett decided prosecutors will side with Sandras family to keep documents sealed and keep the gag order in place.
A hearing on the gag order and seal is scheduled for May 24.
Releasing disturbing details of Sandra's death would again stir up the "media sensationalism" surrounding this case, Chavez said. Seeing reports and photos through the media of Sandra's last living moments will give them nightmares, she said.
"I am tortured by it," she said. "I struggle not to let the anger and rage overwhelm me."
Tracy Press, 5-13-10: Cantu Family & Now DA Oppose Case Publicity.
The family of murder victim Sandra Cantu will oppose lifting a gag order and unsealing court records and in a swift reversal the San Joaquin County District Attorneys office will now do the same.
On Wednesday, three news companies, the Associated Press, The Record in Stockton, and the Bay Area News Group filed a motion with Judge Linda Lofthus to unseal records and allow people involved in the case to talk about it publicly.
Today, D.A. Jim Willett decided prosecutors will side with Sandras family to keep documents sealed and keep the gag order in place.
A hearing on the gag order and seal is scheduled for May 24.
BBM- What happened at the hearing yesterday? What was decided?
Judge Linda Lofthus today declined to lift a gag order or unseal court records before the woman who killed Sandra Cantu is sentenced next month to life in prison without parole.
Lofthus said she'll lift the gag order June 14, when Melissa Huckaby, 29, will be sentenced for killing Sandra, but will decide then whether to keep records sealed.