[MindBender26]

Actually, this is not as bad as it seems.

#1. Another defense will cost him at least another million dollars.

#2. His witnesses are now locked into their testimony, which the DOJ and Fox, etc. will now have months to discredit.

#3. The public hates mistrials. The jury pool will be even more against him next time.

Smart defs cut a deal after a mistrial. Stupid ones get convicted the second time around.

[CharacterCounts]

There are two reasons most defendants are convicted on the second try.

1. The prosecution gets an opportunity to fix its case.

2. The prosecution does not go forward with on a new trial in many cases where it determines it evidence is too weak.

This case may very well fall into the second category.