What court? :banghead:
What motive? There is no need for a motive and only speculation based on incomplete evidence to guess at in the first place. Ask AK on her blog or email RS might be the only chance.
The Supreme Court verifies or rejects the ruling of N. N court has decided that the 1st instance trial was correct. The SC rejected (annuled) Hellmann's appeal verdict as being unsound and illogical.
Motive is a thing of TV IMO... alot of murders don't have any at all.
Would a prank like the one she did before that escalated be one? Maybe
Would a violent assault including RG induced by rage be one? Maybe
Would a drug induce stupor and lack of restraint lead to murder? Maybe
Would jealousy, anger and other emotions come flooding to the surface during an experiment with harder substances? Maybe
Would absolute stupidy lead to murdering someone for no reason. Maybe
Would following your new girlfriends lead make you do something you might regret? Maybe
Would the chance for new experiences lead to something getting out of hand and there was no turning back? Maybe
Maybe is the word that only leaves you guessing. :jail:
Everyone makes mistakes in life. It's just that their mistake was a huge one. HUGE. And for HUGE mistakes, there are prices one must pay. There are no winners in any of this.
Probably many murderers in prison think, if only, if only. If only I hadn't lost my temper, if only I hadn't been so stupid, if only I had just let it go. If only I had just gotten a divorce. :facepalm:. And, of course, for the accidental ones, I imagine the feeling is worse. If only such-and-such thing had happened and I didn't go there that night. If only I had made this choice instead. IDK, I am not a murderer, so obviously all of this I'm not completely sure about, but I imagine the majority feel some of these emotions.
And there are the ones with severe psychopathic problems, who don't feel anything. Or who wouldn't change anything. Or who have deluded themselves into thinking they really did nothing wrong.
Amanda and RS would be in the first category. IMO. But for what they did, no matter how it happened, there is a price to pay. That's just the way it is. They can't go back and change anything, there are no do-overs.
So I thought your post was just so spot-on, dgfred. It happened. For whatever reason it happened, that doesn't change the fact that it still happened. So IMO the calls of "no motive" are empty calls.