It would be very unusual for the state to concern itself with the defense expenses except in that eligible persons have an attorney provided if they cannot afford their own. And, as I understand, this is already happening. So in practice, money for defense is just going back to the state and not making a tangible difference to the accused.
It is not at all typical for the family of the criminal to get their assets protected in any special way. I feel for C., in particular; this must be confusing to him. But AE has more money in her own name than before, and, if it is true that she lived under corrersive control, which seems quite possible, she has more autonomy now than ever. There was a tremendous outpouring of support from neighbors for AE and family, another resource she did not have before her husband's incarceration. With his caretaker more in control of her life including finances, C. May have more stability, too.
The victims I hurt for the most are the children of the GB4, the mothers and fathers of the GB4, the sisters, the brothers, the cousins, the friends.
The loved ones of Maureen, Melissa, Megan and Amber are the victims who have really lost something. They are the ones who should get remaining assets.
MOO
They will have to file a civil lawsuit in order to receive assets that will rightly belong to Asa and her two children. None of us know what Asa needs in order to protect her financial well-being now and well into the futrue. Her cancer care alone will be very costly and none of us know what debts she will have to pay as well. I don't begrudge any of the assets going to Asa that are rightfully hers as the assets are divided up in the divorce settlement so that she can have adequate financial security for herself and her two children.