Violet Crown Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) A question for anyone who knows how these things work, and/or how trials are reported. A capital murder (though with the dp off the table) retrial, in which I have a strong personal interest, began Monday [edit: rather, Wednesday]. I can't attend in person because of Wee Girl, but I followed on twitter. 5 pm Wednesday it halted to restart Thursday; there's been no reporting of any kind since. What could have happened? Edited November 2, 2018 by Violet Crown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Sending hugs...........I have no real knowledge other than maybe the defendant is changing is plea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Lots of motions, and potentially a delay. Lots of lawyers have more than one case going to court at a time so trials have to accommodate the fact that prosecutors and defense attorneys can't be in two places at once. My mom was once on a jury in a case that had to be delayed twice due to attorneys having to be in two different courthouses at the same time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Could be delay. Could be a gag order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 any of a variety of things. including a number of things that have no direct bearing on the case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 It could be anything listed above, or something unrelated - another case that has scheduling priority, a lawyer granted a delay due to another scheduled trial, a juror with an ethical concern, any number of other secret things that are going on out of the public eye. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Suddenly reappeared in the news after a week's blackout: guilty, life without parole. EDIT: Which, I should make clear, is a good thing. He is a serial killer (though the jury wasn't told about the other killings) who got a mistrial the first round, apparently because he's intelligent, educated, and well-spoken. Edited November 2, 2018 by Violet Crown 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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