You have to be American to understand this, I guess. (duck!) Too much pride and too little common sense. Tore, I see you're at it again. You don't see me tossing barbs at people from Norway.
Either the defense team royally screwed up, or there is some procedural rule along the way that seriously needs to be re-examined. Look at it it this way - at least they stopped (granted, at the last minute) to re-evaluate.