I would disagree with the Pattis blog. As an attorney myself, I find his areguments to be legally flimsy. The gag order is in place for the benefit of the defendant. But Dr. Pettit is a private citizen and is entitled to his first amendment rights. He was the victim of a horrible crime and has every right to discuss that crime however he sees fit. As an attorney, Pattis knows that the jury voir doir will select a jury that is capable of fairly deciding the case. That is what the law requires. It does not require that a jury panel have no knowledge whatsoever. Remember, Pattis is an anti death penalty activist. So his writings are not unbiased in anyway. He is an advocate, not a journalist. One benefit of this whole motion issue is that it makes it much less likely that JK could sucessfully argue that there was bias in the jury panel since he has now also had is own statement released.