Two bodies found in Carroll County

[Hawkeye]

Fox News has a new article today on the Delphi Murders.

Delphi murders: Man charged with killing 2 girls is 'his own worst enemy,' expert says

Delphia, Indiana, murders suspect Richard Allen is set to stand trial this month, but journalist Áine Cain says Allen "has been his own worst enemy" due to incriminating statements.

www.foxnews.com

"Richard Allen has been his own worst enemy throughout this process. We've learned through multiple filings that he's made incriminating or damaging statements to what sounds like around 30 people – inmates, prison guards, police officers, family members – about this [crime], and I think that is going to severely tamper him at trial," journalist Áine Cain, who co-hosts "The Murder Sheet" podcast with Indiana-based attorney Kevin Greenlee, told Fox News Digital."

I think hte same can be said about most criminal defendants. But I'm not sure what the "journalist meant by "...severely tamper him at trial...".

 

[HoughMade]

"Richard Allen has been his own worst enemy throughout this process. We've learned through multiple filings that he's made incriminating or damaging statements to what sounds like around 30 people – inmates, prison guards, police officers, family members – about this [crime], and I think that is going to severely tamper him at trial," journalist Áine Cain, who co-hosts "The Murder Sheet" podcast with Indiana-based attorney Kevin Greenlee, told Fox News Digital."

I think hte same can be said about most criminal defendants. But I'm not sure what the "journalist meant by "...severely tamper him at trial...".

#1 True- another way of putting it is that he is the prosecution's best witness. This is why the defense is trying, desperately, to have everything he has said in pretrial detention ruled inadmissible. I highly doubt it will be, but we will see.

#2 What passes for "journalism" these days? It used to be that "journalists" were just pompous ideologues masquerading as objective....but at least they knew the language...and how to spell.

 

[Ingomike]

#1 True- another way of putting it is that he is the prosecution's best witness. This is why the defense is trying, desperately, to have everything he has said in pretrial detention ruled inadmissible. I highly doubt it will be, but we will see.

This is nutty to follow along with…

#2 What passes for "journalism" these days? It used to be that "journalists" were just pompous ideologues masquerading as objective....but at least they knew the language...and how to spell.

It is our fault, the people decreed that news was free and we would not pay for it, we are getting what we pay for and that is reporting from mostly super young reporters just out of college with no experience, with little supervision, and no editors to review their work.

 

[Farmerjon]

It is our fault, the people decreed that news was free and we would not pay for it, we are getting what we pay for and that is reporting from mostly super young reporters just out of college with no experience, with little supervision, and no editors to review their work.

I do believe you have hit the nail on the head with this explanation. I can only add, we don't get news, we get that reporters opinion/spin on the situation.

 

[Ingomike]

I do believe you have hit the nail on the head with this explanation. I can only add, we don't get news, we get that reporters opinion/spin on the situation.

And we get that even worse with no supervision and editors to manage what the ideologies want to put out. Not that all publications did that but most did back in the day.