[At least Kirigiri has every intention of keeping this brief; it's not really something she likes dwelling on, either, but they've all learned a few lessons from the Did We Forget To Tell Leon game as far as information-sharing is concerned by now, haven't they.

...also, character development.]

Asahina-san tried to take responsibility for the murder. She'd been tricked by some false evidence; Monobear forged a fake suicide letter saying that Oogami-san had ended her life because she'd fallen into despair, not because she was trying to protect us. That was why Asahina-san wanted us to reach the wrong result at the trial. She wanted us all to share responsibility for what she thought had happened to Oogami-san.