But she wasn't revealing anything that would prove him innocent, either. Her memory loss cut both ways. No, I do not. No, I do not. They had to be ready to counter whatever the defense might put before the jury.
Prosecutors always have to anticipate the defense's next move.
But here, the task was especially daunting because of the size of the investigation. The defense attorneys could take their pick of any of these leads, and wave them like a flag at trial, constructing their whole case around them. There was no way to be sure which tips the defense might target, so the prosecution had to be ready to neutralize them all, ready to produce the witnesses and the evidence to prove that these other tips were groundless, that the only trail that mattered was the one that led straight to the defendant. All they had to do was raise the possibility. As spring turned to summer, the prosecutors were shifting into overdrive.