It appears that the best the defendants can hope for through the standard court system is acquittal next spring, after spending very substantial legal fees and keeping their lives in turmoil until then.
I am not a lawyer, but perhaps there are some better alternatives available to them.
It would seem that any such alternatives would involve first preparing a thorough statement of their complete legal defense.
This statement could first be presented to the DA, with a respectful request that he review it and then either dismiss the case or advise as to why he will continue.
If this approach is unwise or if the DA's response were to be unsatisfactory, then the statement could be presented to the judge or the NC Attorney General, if either has authority to act.
If none of this is viable, perhaps such a statement should be publicized generally, with the goal of causing the public informally to cause the DA to dismiss the case, upon his realizing how foolish continuing with the case would appear.
If all of these actions would be considered unwise, then another lawyer could prepare and distribute such a statement, based upon the information that has already been made public.
I realize that in most instances it is probably unwise to show one's case to the DA in advance of trial, but in this instance most of this information has already been publicized, and Reed Seligman at least seems to have an airtight alibi that wouldn't be prejudiced by this action.
Thru discovery process pretty much all information has to be shared from one side to the other prior to trial anyway.
It sure looks to me like we have a DA that went way beyond anywhere near a line he should not have ever crossed.
If this was me I would want my attorney to go public with every chunk of evidence I had to offer in my defense. If he refused to do so I would do it myself.
One reason we get into these situations is because there is such a tendency to keep things quiet.
I can say one thing, if I am falsely accused there is NO WAY I remain wuiet, much less silent. Some would say that is foolish I would just have to disagree and say I have the truth on my side so I have no reason to be silent.
Scott Peterson tried to employ this strategy, but he lost badly because he was caught in his lies.