With the caveat that I do not like/watch/listen to any true crime precisely because of the voyeuristic aspect of it (I’d much rather read, listen to or watch a

With the caveat that I do not like/watch/listen to any true crime precisely because of the voyeuristic aspect of it (I’d much rather read, listen to or watch a fictional crime story), I don’t see it necessarily as a negative that a story didn’t get into the victim when the story is about the judicial system. The victim’s story is absolutely minimal here, and in fact, using their background, etc is a key tool used by the prosecution to mislead the jury. Whether the victim was a straight A student or a straight F student has absolutely no bearing on whether the accused killed them (unless the motive is jealousy over their grades or something like that), and yet, the prosecution will present the former (and the defense the latter) in fairly effective bids to manipulate the jury.