I am perfectly willing to understand those that are already convinced of DW's guilt.
Likewise, I am one and therefore understand others, that want more and better evidence before convicting a man to die.
I am (and I think most others are as well) open to the idea of Westerfield's guilt. That may ultimately be proven to my satisfaction.
However, the problem for me goes back to the beginning. There were just way too many creepy characters in and around Danielle's life and home. They should have been very closely looked at, yet it appears they weren't.
Because we know that corruption exists in high places (see Heidi Fleiss) there is the potential for plenty of looking-the-other-way when it comes to sex-related secrets.
Compare Westerfield's history to the van Dam's lifestyle and realize that a lot of people think the suspicion turned from the parents & friends a little too quickly.
We all know that frame-ups have occurred or there would be no such term understood by us all. This case has all the POTENTIAL makings of the finger of blame being pointed at the wrong person.
That's why so very many people, who are usually on the side of the prosecution (such as myself), find themselves in the extraordinary position of listening to and fairly analyzing what the defense has to offer.
In short, there are quite a few people that believe that the ugly and risky activities of the van Dams may be what killed their child.......directly or indirectly. Either way, ALL of the truth needs to be told.