even tho to me they had enough to convict the serial murderer imo (this involved a partnership of killers, one was bang to rights, the other less so), both sides of the law teams (including the DA) decided that the bang to rights one would be tried but his partner would have his case dropped (despite the fact they could place one of the victims at her time of torture to being sat in a leather chair in his front fucking room)
the judge basically told them in nice talk to go fuck themselves as he felt there was enough evidence to put him before a jury, so the trial would go ahead against both
they kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered 10 women and girls ranging in age from 12 to 28 - and the prosecuting team including advise from the DA moved to dismiss all charges against the dude and set him free, even knowing they could prove the 7th victim was tied up and tortured in his fucking house?
!!!
both were found guilty on all accounts apart from the very first victim, only attributed to the bang to rights guy
thank fuck the judge had something about him and did something that at the time i believe was unprecedented in making sure there was a trial even tho both legal teams were agreed on not going to trial on the partner