Good afternoon, everyone. A lot going on in the Idaho four case. Of course, Judge

Hippler has ruled that the case is going to go forward. And this was not really unexpected.

He gave hints to Ann Taylor from the defense that that was what he intended to do.

He gave Ann Taylor and the defense hints that he wasn't looking to put this trial off.

He was not going to grant the continuance that Ann

Taylor kept insisting she needed because of the voluminous amount of evidence that she had to go

through. But yet, those that have followed this case from the very beginning, and especially

the families and the loved ones of the victims, realized that two and a half years has gone by

since November 13, 2022, the date when these four young students were murdered in their off-campus house.

So for those who've been following this case and paying attention to every movement from

the judge, from the defense, from the prosecution, witnesses coming forward. What we say,

thank you, judge, it's about time that this case moves forward. The defense and the

prosecution, let's get this case moving, you know, and I think the prosecution under Bill

Thompson, the other man on the right with the big beard

they want to get this case moving and some of the things that have slowed it down of course

is that it's a death penalty case and now they have to pick a jury that is death penalty qualified. And that also can exacerbate

this situation because people that are anti-death penalty simply won't get chosen as jurors on this

case. So yes, that makes this a little bit more difficult. But all of the

rulings that Judge Hippler set forth in this past week seem to be pro-prosecution.

But I would argue that it's not pro-prosecution or anti-defense. What it is is simply following the law.

And Judge Hippler wants his courtroom to run in a fashion that adheres to the law and specifically case law.

And that's why we'll go over some of the things he denied, for example, the continuance

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