Since the defense has right to discovery, and likely had an Expert in the testing lab, I do not think the information being made public would hurt the case. However, it might minimize the potential bombshell nature it could give the jury. Depending on the nature of the outcome and what side you are routing for, it could be good to do that, or not.
On a somewhat related note I was watching Investigation ID the other night during one of my insomnia events. I was almost dumbfounded with two cases where the jury found the defendant guilty, despite what I thought was clear reasonable doubt. This led me to researching the percent of cases that end in a plea bargain, and was astounded to find that most sources say that 90% are plead out.
Criminal Cases
What I found even more amazing Was that of those ten percent that go to trial per this former District Attorney 90% of those end with a guilty verdict.
‘Not guilty’ remains a rarity in federal and state courts | News | Dallas News
What does that mean numerically? Well if you do the math 1 in 100 people charged with a crime will be found not guilty by the jury. I obviously questioned the numbers so I found this article by Pew Research:
Only 2% of federal criminal defendants go to trial, and most who do are found guilty
That makes a bit better odds because they account for trials being dismissed. So those numbers work out this way: Granted these are Federal numbers, but in the previous articles the states more or less mirror this.)
90% plea bargain
8% dismissed
2% go to trial
.4% of those charged actually were found not guilty by a judge or jury.
So I guess I always have so much fear that we will end up with another crazy bungled case, (OJ, Casey Anthony) but it would seem statistically that if a person is actually charged with a crime, the statistics say that it will have some form of guilt/punishment attached by plea or verdict. Well at least 91.6% of the time.
So, all that long explanation to simply say; I am not too worried about the results of the testing. I think they will only bolster what would be a pretty sure bet per the statistics, or simply be explained away like the other teeth found, they are unrelated.
MOO