That's how I took it as well. The problem is, it would be completely useless information. Your strategy for a jury trial is not something that you can easily adjust, especially after evidence has been presented to the real jury.

The point of that escapes me. How is that going to help get the innocent rich kid acquitted?

Compare and contrast: Max Mon Amour; His Monkey Wife, or, Married To A Chimp ( John Collier' s first novel.