Because there was no doubt to create... Westerfield is, was and always will be guilty as sin! I suggest these nutballs who suggest he is some sort of martar check their papers this morning. Westerfield was minutes away from a plea bargain that including disclosing where he dumped this poor little girls body, when it was stumbled upon by that poor guy.
Westerfield is a sick sadistic bastard, the needle is far too good for him, and these people who refuse to accept reality because they morally have issues with the parents behavior, are quite frankly just as sick.
That's the gist of it. Westerfield was convicted to to a "Presumption of Guilt" -- not the requisite "Presumption of Innocence". Rather than insist that the prosecution prove that Danielle was murdered, murdered by Westerfield, and pertinant to that perverted CA judiciary construction of a seperate "penalty phase" murdered most heiniously by Westerfield ... the Court in this trial allowed and encouraged the Jury to operate under presumption of guilt, where the defense was demanded to produce proof beyond any doubt that Westerfield did NOT murder, and murder hieniously this young girl. It was a nigh impossible standard for the defense to meet. Your statement is a clear indicator of the fale logic this "he's guilty already" procedure entails.