Yeah, the fact that the prosecution did the absolute bare minimum

Over about two-and-a-half days, prosecutors moved quickly, calling only five witnesses, including Mills, a medical examiner and Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells.

and the judge allowed in irrelevant evidence

For the first time, the defense introduced evidence of items that investigators found in Nichols’ car

didn’t make their jobs any easier, but yeah I don’t know how any reasonable jury could’ve done what they did