its all about how he pleads, you know? if he pleads not guilty and prays a jury trial, you can expect a week-long trial with the jury having to watch the stream again and again. his entire onus in praying a jury trial would be in the hopes that through a set of 12 of his peers, that 6 (or more) would find him not guilty. if it were a deadlocked thing, who the hell knows how it'd go. as far as proving his 'innocence', the jury trial is gonna be the better option than to go with than the judge. the judge has already shown they aint gonna give him any concessions, so his district atty or lawyer is probably leanin on him to go jury trial, at least i'd think. honestly it depends on how far he wants to take it, how much money his parents have to get a high end entertainment lawyer, whether people who were affected decide to sue him for emotional distress, theres a whole fuckload of factors here. there is some potential in setting a precedent for case law here, simply because nobody has been foolish enough to do this kinda stuff under these particular circumstances. who knows? the lawyer could claim his freedom to do what he did and being not guilty could hinge on em citing amendment 1. it is by no means a good defense imo, and ianal of course, but thats how i seein it go.