"The prosecution argued that since there were two ladders on the crime scene, one of each kind, it was important the testimony be specific. All testimony involving the raven had to be thrown out. The defense argued that even if which ladder wasn't specified, it didn't automatically eliminate the rest of the testimony." It became even more frustrating for the judge because....

"Then the whole thing got declared a mistrial because someone revealed the evidence had been tampered with in the first place."