I think it should be clear to anyone that reads a newspaper or watches TV that putting too much emphasis on the time lag between date of incident and date of arrest isn't always a sure thing. :banghead:
The more I think about this issue whether Jason has a "personal" attorney, "defense" attorney, or no attorney at all - IMO, if I was a POI in the brutal beating of my spouse and child, it's only prudent and logical to have a criminal defense attorney. I think Jason is somewhat smart, in a general term. But to not have a criminal defense attorney? Not smart, IMO.
And, we know he did at the beginning. Why wouldn't he now? Heck, doesn't really matter since he's pretending to move on with a normal life. The minute he finds out he's still #1 POI and they want to talk to him further, all he or mama has to do is pick up the phone and what do you know? He'll have a criminal defense attorney to tell the detectives, "No, I don't want to talk to you."
JMO.