The fact that one of the government's top witnesses against Martha Stewart in her conspiracy and obstruction of justice trial was charged with perjuring himself was, to say the least, not lost on her lawyers:

If anyone believes that Martha Stewart was not prejudiced, they are extremely naïve.

If her conviction is thrown out, this would be the equivalent of the federal government balking in the winning run in extra innings. Still, the feds could have conducted an 18-month investigation into the tainted testimony if they wanted to let the home economics diva cool her heels at Allenwood - so maybe the judge will give prosecutors points for taking care of this mess quickly.