kaen
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Even if state wants to try them together, defense lawyers can still ask for separate trials.
I would think the strategy is simpler than money saving because it would be easy to argue the need for separate trials based on the charges to date. To have them in court on one day means that all the police, forensics, etc are assembled once rather than on two separate days. It means one court hearing for the victim's family, which may be a consideration as well. The prosecutor's office, defense attorneys and court clerk work together to set times. If dates are not preset by the court, usually involved parties work out agreeable times.
I also think this will be a good time for NK's attorneys to get a sense of what kind of deal they might be able to work out with the state.