Let's look at it another way...
(JD, jump in ANY TIME...)
As soon as the press latches onto the meat of any case, it's extremely hard to find and seat an unbiased jury (and alternates).
Since the first three men went through the meat-grinder of justice without Maines involvment, doesn't the other gentleman (using the term loosely here) have the chance of expecting, at least, the same level of meat-grinder justice without the added publicity of some half-baked warbler declaring "...he's guilty of gawd-knows-whatever..." without any INVESTIGATIVE FACTS to back up whatever she's spouting?
Who, what or whatever allowed her to be the mouth-piece for the justice system in that area? Just because they had a concert booked within a 100 miles of the crime scene?
Why don't we just start a new reality show ... "Crooner Court on Tour" and feature some fringe-of-society performer(s) taking their road-show to every little bump-in-the-road, back-water Bumfawk, AK. town and re-open any half-baked trial that occurred within the last 15 months and put it on the air...
It'd give "Judge Judy" a run for her money and it would play well in the trailer-parks around the country!
Coming soon to your local FOX station! Stay tuned!!!