beach
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Question, for folks in the know. On the indexing for batch number 2 there were 41% of the pages missing by Bates numbers. I haven't done the calculation for the indexing of the #1 release. If someone else wants to do it before tonight... Or I will do that later.
Can we assume they will eventually be released? In other words ..do they release * everything* eventually... all >29,000 Bates that we know are in existence ?
Are they being held back because they are more focused on JRR or mark and the continuing investigation?
Your thoughts..TIA. I wish musikman was still around and we could ask... As that was the person in the Caylee Anthony case that went and got most all of the documents.
ETA .. They may not be comparable because there are three suspects in this case ..
ETA #2... Can we get an update from the moderators/Nin as to how many Bates pages we have gotten so far out of the >29,000?
TIA
I think Kate and AZ already answered your question in the donation thread...
See posts #76 and #77.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?295815-PayPal-Donations-for-Documents/page6
Please don't allow yourself to get hung up on the Bates # - missing, our of order, etc... You'll remain frustrated because we're never going to be able to account for every single number. Bates#'s are a legal index used for identification and host of other work-related reasons. They often will be out of order, depending upon who is indexing them - everybody has their own personal way of organizing and stamping them. For the most part, they've done a fairly decent job of keeping them in some sort of sequence. There are gaps but, so far, not that bad. However, we will ALWAYS have some missing that the SAO does not have to release. For example, I am 100% certain that the crime scene was photographed before Teresa's body was removed, we will never see those. Pretty sure it's the same for autopsy photos. Photos of the deceased's body are not going to be released, per FL laws. (Nor should they be, IMO!) There are probably a lot of photos (all Bates stamped) that no one will see except the attorneys, jurors and courtroom gallery until (if/when) they are entered into evidence during a trial.
IOW, collectively speaking "We" - WS, the press, the general public - are never going to be able to account for every Bates#.