They are entitled to mount a defense. Unlike some here, I believe they are entitled to a trial and to defend themselves against the charges. Amazing the posts on these threads... lynch mob mentality.
Wendy Murphy, a former prosecutor who teaches at the New England School of Law, called the move unconscionable, arguing that the states highest court has ruled that the defendant in a criminal case is not entitled to a laundry list of everyone the victims ever been treated by.