threatened as a result. the point earlier that the prosecution didn t have good facts on their side, what did you mean by that? this was a case arguably shouldn t have been brought in the first place. easy to criticize the prosecution. i take a different view. what s scary, i am biased as a criminal defense attorney, what scares me, this appears to be a case with the prosecution as it unfolded may have learned that uh-oh, this isn t the case we thought it was. and the problem with our system is that there isn t a way for prosecutors to reevaluate, save face, say maybe this isn t a case any more. it is a testament to how well the prosecutors did with bad facts that they took this to a jury and the jury deliberated for three days on a case that as we can see was a case of self defense. even the provocation argument which would have negated self defense, which they only developed mid trial, even that argument got them to a jury. the challenge in our criminal