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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they are doing it this way or the prosecution would claim it wasnt a fair trial and appeal on a bad verdict. A news blackout gives them less excuses. All the evidence etc will come out eventually because it goes into the public domain after the trial

It's also possible that names are going to come up and they don't want that being immediately known, because as soon as it's out there the whole thing becomes clouded in a media storm.