I agree, and unfortunately, in over a year and three months, we've seen what...one hearing? How the judge makes her findings might make more sense if there were hearings, detailed decisions, etc.
I've always been of the mindset that "corruption" and "ineptness" are words used way too often in every case. Not that these things don't exist, because in reality they do, but I think more often than not, it just looks that way to the public when they don't know all the details and become impatient.
In Delphi, where the 6 year investigation has been so guarded, and the circumstances with the first judge recusing, RA being held in the facilities he has been in, JG's poorly managed docket, the defense hitting back with what sounds like "hocus pocus" and carelessness with sharing discovery, and NMcL making his own errors that could be because he's never tried a murder case before, it does have the appearance that things are not all right on any level. But I just don't personally believe it's corruption or ineptness, because it's too widespread. Nor do I think it's a conspiracy. I do think there is a lot we don't know, and the way things have been handled, at each point along the way, has resulted in a lot of animosity, unfortunately. I just hope professionalism will start to override this animosity very soon. Jmo.
I think you definitely hit on something here that I’ve also thought about.
JG’s error in this case, in my opinion, is not that she is biased, but that she was not monitoring the case sufficiently. She took weeks, sometimes months to respond to motions and schedule hearings.
Whether this was because of her court schedule I don’t know, but this vacuum was eventually filled by attention grabbing motions by the defense that were high on drama, and light on facts. Because JG was plodding through the motions, the public had plenty of time to gnash their teeth about the soul sucking manipulations laid out by the defense. Then there’s a hearing, and the fraud is exposed. I’ll add, just because a judge rules against you doesn’t mean she is biased. That’s her job.
Then we repeat it multiple times.
It is unfortunate the judge wasn’t constantly on top of this case. It would have moved quicker and more efficiently. But she didn’t. Like a parent that tells their teenage children, “I have some errands to run. I’ll be back in 3 hours. Behave yourselves”, and returns to find the house trashed, she expected all parties to behave, until she got to things. The defense apparently didn’t have the maturity to behave.
I’ll add that there is no conspiracy here for anything…pro-prosecution or pro-defense.
There was an incompetent investigation, not a conspiracy.
The prosecution says murky things that no one can quite figure out, especially early on. The prosecutor is new to murder cases, but at least he knows what a gag order means. They believe RA is guilty and are working toward proving that. Not a conspiracy.
The defense team has a vivid imagination and a flair for the dramatic. They are not above lying to court officials and pouting when they don’t get their way. Don’t think court orders apply to them. They believe RA is innocent and are working toward that. There is no conspiracy.
Odinists reside in Indiana. A group of grown men who find more enjoyment skulking around pretending they’re Vikings than spending time in the real world with their own families. To each their own. More sad than scary. Not a conspiracy.
Everybody, including all of us, share some responsibility for this mess, and the fact is, no matter which side of this we attach ourselves to, we are right. We will be right up until the day the trial starts and we finally have evidence, and witnesses that are sworn in and cross examined.
