“Tragedy”? It’s a travesty! And cause for a new trial and vacatur of an illicitly obtained verdict and sentence. Absolute duty of prosecutors to provide the defendant with any exculpatory evidence.
Terrible choice of words. A lawyer should do better.
(My opinion) On the other hand, the DOJ and DC courts' onslaught against such defendants looked overwhelming at the time.
I can't find a news article that describes all this very well. Maybe in a day or so.