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First, the prosecution and the defense are both doing exactly what they should be doing. The prosecution is not trying to make its case in the media. Beyond the one statement about the DNA being "bulletproof" what else have you heard about evidence that came out the DA's office. Not very much.
The defense is shouting from the rooftops about how these are good boys and there's all this evidence to prove their innocence. That's called trying to influence the juror pool. Given the legs this case seems to have, there won't be very many people in the area that haven't formed some sort of opinion about it. Guccilvr, since you're in the area, I'm going to pick on you - could you honestly report for jury duty on this case and tell the court that you have NOT formed an opinion? As I've said before, the defense counsel is pretty crafty, and they're handling this well. Could they be fooling you? That depends on what you mean by fooling. They are certainly expounding on their version of the facts, especially the ones that make their clients look good.
As far as the time and date stamps, they could easily be wrong. Who's to say that either the internal clock of the camera keeps accurate time or that they were programed with the accurate time in the first place? My wife programs everything, including her old VCR, 10 minutes fast so that she's on time. It's a habit. That will come out in discovery, I'm sure. If the guy armed with the camera set it to show 12:00 when it was actually 11:45, then that really changes things up for the timeline, doesn't it? I'm sure that the defense would NOT be pointing that out if it were the case.
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