Today, the defense renewed their motion for a mistrial WITHOUT prejudice (Defendant can be retried). They apparently learned during the final part of the trial that the prosecution sent the defense a video file that may have been intentionally modified.
The file was of high resolution drone footage. Not only was the video given to the crime lab just before trial, but the copy the defense received was on Saturday before trial started on Monday. Turns out the file the defense got is smaller, low res, and black & white. Theirs was 4MB, while the one the crime lab received was 11MB and in color. The defense copy may also be shorter in duration than the original.
The prosecution tried to squirm out of it by saying they sent an exact copy, and they have no control over what "technical wizardry" the defense may have used that altered their copy. Really? The prosecutor then admitted they provided the copy on a thumb drive, whereas all other exhibits were sent via a dropbox account. The reason was the prosecutor did it from home, where he didn't have access to his office applications. My guess is, he didn't remember the dropbox login that was saved on his work PC.
If the evidence turns out to contain footage that contradicts what the prosecution testified it portrays (as in missing seconds that were edited out), it might be a mistrial, and the prosecution would be facing misconduct charges.
If nothing else, this trial is driving home the point that you can't trust the government. They aren't seeking justice. They are cheating so they can send an innocent man to prison.