[...Oh. Newt hadn't put those pieces together yet. The latter half of the trial was kind of a blur for him; after he'd gotten in that screaming match with Bellamy, he mostly just retreated and let the others bicker themselves in circles.]

Good catch. That is strange. [...] You'd think that the killer would want to keep Mello and Lelouch alive then, right? Or, killers, I guess... Why kill the people that were attracting attention? Seems smarter to just hang back and let them distract everyone.