That's the first acknowledgement of that I have seen.
doesn't surprise me. This DA has not been forth coming with evidence, proof or even truth. He's spent weeks finding the team guilty in the press and now is in a position to back peddle.
Remember, the team wasn't cooperating? Now we learn they've given DNA, made statements, even requsted lie detector tests (rejected by the DA).
So, the DA is not cooperating? He is withholding results that may hurt his case, it looks to me. Without knowing the facts, which is always problematic in a case like this, here is what I think at this point. The DA wants to use this case to win re-election in a city that is about evenly divided between blacks and whites. There is underlying racial tension and economic tension between the "haves" and "have-nots" as evidenced by community response to Duke University. The DA waded into the thicket to exploit the lives of young men and women for his personal gain. Now, though, scientific evidence may not help his case, or at least make it as clearly as he had hoped. So he withholds it, allowing the trial to take place in the media. He's allowing others to do his work so that if and when it does go to trial, he will have an easier time of it. I hope this finishes his career. He has no business being a District Attorney.