If all the prosecutor has is her allegation, that could be enough. All he has to do is to pick the jury carefully. The governor is a Democrat so no chance for a pardon even if the trial is a farce (unlike Altgeld and the Haymarket Square defendants...well, Altgeld was a Democrat but that was a different era)
Carefully?!
This whole thing stinks. Purely political. I wouldn't be surprised if one or both of the boys were not even at the party.