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More deals over discovery in FLDS custody case

Of this article? No real news there - so some deals were cut, but no meat to say WHAT was going to be shared. How can a deal be made about discovery anyway?

There's either evidence or there isn't. And if there IS evidence, how can there be a deal about it.

Sure would appreciate someone clearing that up.

Thanks.

The questions then are what binds them to the deal and who would enforce it?

I see the reporting as news. Though we do not have all the answers we'd like, we do have the most current status.

Thanks Ben!

There are only rumors: NOT EVIDENCE BUT RUMORS.

Sorry if I came off as rude about the article.

Ben, I've appreciated your articles and staying on top of this issue. I guess I was frustrated because there was no real news in the article.

This is so easy...the judge ordered release of all electronic evidence to the defense lawyers.
DPS reported some time ago that written "evidence" was complete but that it would take monts to go thru electronic holdings.
The judge did not release written evidence and only released what appears to be incomplete electronic "evidence.
If the stuff is released and a lawyer can't get the stuff throw out the case for their client.
If the electronic evidence is not complete how do we know if something in the remaining electronic record will exonerate the client.
By the time all the remaining defendants see ALL the stuff that the state has they will be over 18 and free to go.....it's called a stall....the judge gave up nothing more than incomplete information. Yhe gossip mill continues to fall apart. The one child being held is being held on the testimony of Musser and Carolyn, two women who have never been at the ranch........the lead gossip queens.

One has to wonder about evidence deals. Perhaps there is an agreement that CPS will drop cases within a short period of time and not release evidence. It seems CPS does not have it act together regarding evidence, so on the side of CPS, it would release no evidence. The deal would have to involve something that the FLDS wants, which would be the "non-suiting" of children. There may be a third part to the deal such as a possible welfare check when girls become teenagers.

Thanks to Ben for writing original stories. It seems most of the other newspapers just print stories written by an AP writer and are more concerned about stuffing the paper with ads rather than with reporting. When AP writers make grammatical errors, I always E-mail the writers. Ben always gets it right even when he writes several stories in a day.