I still think he will run.
This is a capital case here. I genuinely believe it. Any guilty verdict, and prison sentence, and he dies.
If there's a hung jury, do you think there will be a retrial?
If he does, he just places himself in a worse situation.
He could never return to the US.
He'd then be a wanted fugitive.
If all these hospital trips are accurate, he may not live much longer. Apparently, he's starving himself.