[Howlin]

Note that (a) he was denying ever having sex with her until after the police told him they had semen and pubic hair samples from her exam

Which, of course, turned out to be a lie on the part of the police.

Michael Baden and the SARS nurses told the DA that the "evidence" they saw didn't prove rape; of course, Hurlbert "forgot" to share that information with the defense.

[ravinson]

Which, of course, turned out to be a lie on the part of the police.

I don't know if the police were lying or not (read their statements carefully), but under the circumstances I have no problem with the police lying to try to get Kobe to make admissions which tend to prove a consciousness of guilt rather than the indignancy of a person falsely accused.

Michael Baden and the SARS nurses told the DA that the "evidence" they saw didn't prove rape...

Physical evidence alone would not be likely to prove a rape by threat of force. Nevertheless, they had her blood on Kobe's shirt.