A legal sh*tshow - The Delphi Murders case

[Muda69]

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/investigations/2023/12/06/delphi-murders-richard-allen-abigail-williams-liberty-german-suicide-leak/71609989007/

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The murders of Delphi teens Abigail "Abby" Williams and Liberty "Libby" German shook the small Indiana town in 2017 and, as the killings went unsolved for five years, interest in the case spread around the world.

Images of the Monon High Bridge, the Carroll County landmark where the two girls were last seen alive on Feb. 13, 2017, became iconic reminders of an unforgettable and deeply disturbing crime as the community searched for answers to the questions: Who killed the Abby and Libby? And why?

As the investigation lingered, the plight of the girls — and pain and suspicion eating at the close-knit community — resonated far beyond central Indiana. The international media picked up on the story, and the case became a popular topic for true crime podcasts, documentaries and social media speculation, with conspiracy theories and vitriolic hate overtaking sympathy and local concerns.

The attention surrounding the deaths was recently goosed by a bizarre series of events in the criminal case against Richard Allen, the unassuming local pharmacy employee arrested last year for the killings. The legal wrangling has spawned a circus-like atmosphere now threatening to overshadow the memories of the two slain teens and derail Allen's right to a fair trial.

The donnybrook erupted after Allen's court-appointed defense attorneys claimed in September that members of a pagan religion sacrificed the girls during a bloody ritual in the woods ― and police failed to investigate the real killers.

Then, just months before the criminal cases was set to go to trial, a leak of graphic crime scene photos threatened to upend the already high-stakes case. The leak set off a new whirlwind of activity.

A man identified in court documents as being tied to the leak killed himself during the ensuing investigation. The presiding judge removed Allen's defense attorneys, capping off a chaotic October. Then another man was charged in November for his role in the leak.

Now, the case has devolved into a messy legal fight in the state's highest court over Allen's request to reinstate his attorneys ― and calls to remove the judge from the case.

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Mr. Allen will now have wait at least 2 years, in prison, before he actually gets a chance to try and prove his innocence.   A travesty.

[Impartial_Observer]

This has been botched from day one. These families have been thru hell and those two young ladies demand justice. All starts with Doug Carter and it filters thru the entire system.