Quote Originally Posted by Warwick View Post
In many countries the prosecution would have withdrawn to save face by now. Here they keep digging the hole in the hope that they will come out the other side.

I saw that several times in the US practicing law; the District Attorneys were formidable opponents, but the second any contradiction in their case became evident, they would fold their case like a busted Blackjack hand. I think it was called legal ethics.
One time it was something as simple as a contradiction concerning which police officer had given the breath test to a drunk driving suspect; they asked for a break, than came back and asked the court to dismiss the case.