I agree with both of your observations. I don't think it's any coincidence that Chalmers has been so quiet, despite his ailing mother.
I read an editorial or Blog post somewhere last night.. where a 20 year Vet on the Wash, D.C. POLICE FORCE said he couldn't believe what he's hearing out of this case.
He said, he's never even heard of anything remotely close to this. He said the DA is so far out of line. He mentioned the 40-70 hours of interviews by Nifong when no one had been charged and the DNA test results were not in, in a case where the suspect has a criminal history.
I can't get the private mail to work, so I'll just ask this of everone here: Does anyone know if the defense team has seen the evidence and theories that have been published here on FR? If I were on trial, I would find a lot of the information here extremely valuable, and at least worth looking into.