A head coach so we can stop this nonsense ! <| sep |> It ' s not considered tainting by the law . It would be nearly impossible to find 12 people in a community with absolutely no knowledge of a crime of this magnitude . It ' s understandable that humans have preconceptions , so the law has to allow for it . Change of venue would have been the ultimate equalizer , but I believe it was refused . I agree with what you ' re saying except for the part about the defense having to prove innocence . Buting and Strang had to create doubt in those preconceptions , and they failed to do that . The confession was fair game , because Ken Sweat , Sweat , Sweat Kratz used its contents in his narrative . They could have attacked the narrative in a way to create doubt without directly referencing the confession . Unfortunately , they didn ' t .