District Attorney Maureen Krueger won't say whether or not she spent an hour and half this week meeting with families of the Sunday morning massacre that left 7 elderly patients dead along with a male nurse that tried to protect them.

She doesn't comment on pending cases, and that includes the 8 first degree murder charges against Robert Stewart.

"I can neither confirm nor deny meeting with the families," Krueger said after TV news reports said she did. "I have no comment on pending cases."

As a general practice, the DA does meet with victims of crime. So do members of her staff, victim/witness coordinators who undergo weeks of intense training at state expense. Her investigator talks with witnesses and potential witnesses. Prosecutors from her office nearly always retire to assembly rooms following trials and plea deals to talk things over with victims and witnesses.

They don't discuss what they say outside the closed doors of those private sessions. Especially, they don't talk about such things before trial. That's done to protect the case, and to keep from contaminating the jury pool.

Krueger has been very active in supporting victims of domestic violence, lending the support of her office to community groups like Friend to Friend and helping sponsor the annual Take Back the Night event during Domestic Violence Awareness month every October.