The result was Speedy closing as keep, without prejudice to relisting. There is little point in having a debate when the article has significantly changed since the last one, and there is no evidence of anyone wishing to make a case for deletion. These procedural relistings are process-wonking time wasting. If anyone is actually wishing to make the case for deletion, they should feel free to relist, or (if that hypothetical person sees this close within a few hours) to re-open this debate. I've no objections to my close being revered if the closer is adding a delete opinion.--Scott MacDonald (talk) 15:38, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Previous AFD ended in a speedy renaming. Concerns were raised at DRV that the speedy closure was too early. After reviewing that debate, I have decided to bring this back to AFD since I found the "too early for speedy close" argument persuasive. My way too quick recap of the arguments is that: 1) the argument for deletion remains that the article is basically a news story (WP:NOT#NEWS) over a minor crime which was briefly a media circus, but not of encyclopedic notability while 2) the argument for inclusion is that the attention and sheer volume of coverage this received makes this a notable event of wide interest. Although I am very interested in the US election, I have not formulated any opinion about this particular one, so I'm going neutral. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:52, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]