both sides are not equal. Trials are by design UNFAIR AND UNEQUAL. The state has all the burden. They have to prove everything. mistakes by the state matter, mistakes by defense are not as devestating by compararison of burdens.
Remember the defense can do NOTHING and still win.
>> The state has all the burden.
That’s offset by the fact that the state has essentially unlimited resources to pursue even a shaky case (like this one).
The defendant, not so much, in most cases.