A jury found AS responsible for Rebecca's murder. Their verdict still stands. It doesn't matter how many times he protests otherwise to the media.
His insurers settled the case after the judge made a tentative ruling that there had been no jury misconduct, that there was enough evidence to support the jury's findings, and that he should not have a new trial.
A jury decided the SDSD and the ME concluded wrong. There is no reason to think that a jury would not decide the same in a criminal trial where the DA is pressing charges and not defending an inadequate investigation.
Contrary to what some may think, the SDSD investigation and farcical non-independent re-investigation overseen by the exact same guy, does not mean a thing in terms of guilt or not, and never will. The only deciders of that are a jury in a criminal trial.
Anyone who doesn't want to see that is not on the side of transparent justice, and would in effect agree that citizens should not have any rights to demand independent enquiry of LE's work. That paves the way for a corrupt system.
BBM, great comments! The judge reviewed the case and decided there had been no misconduct and the jury did a proper job.
The citizens of San Diego County should be disappointed in the work done on the investigation by elected officials and their ongoing efforts to block independent review of their work. There's much to question in their results and review should be allowed. Unfortunately, while not common, it's also not an unusual situation in law enforcement.