The Left is really pushing for Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teen convicted of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet, to get a new trial. Anthony was convicted of murder in June, even though the court let the jury consider manslaughter at the last minute. Many demanded Karmelo be freed and claimed the trial was rigged. This includes James Talarico, who not only called the verdict a "tragedy" but called for Anthony to be freed, saying the system doesn't work for black Texans.

Anthony's new defense team filed an appeal and is pushing for a new trial. But according to Fox News, there is more evidence that could be included in a new trial, and that evidence would likely not help Anthony win his freedom.

"As convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony seeks a new trial, his lawyers are making the case, in front of a new judge ... there's a Monday deadline for a decision on a retrial," said Will Cain.

"I spoke with Austin's father, Jeff Metcalf, on what it would be like to relive a new trial."

"If he gets one? Great. The facts are still the same. We had 35 witnesses. If we need to call 35, we will," Jeff Metcalf said. "He brought a knife to a track meet, not supposed to. Went to a tent where he didn't belong, was asked to leave over 15 times. Got pushed on the shoulder and immediately stabbed someone in the chest, and killed my son."

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Metcalf is confident the result would be the same. 

"No matter what judge is presiding, no matter what lawyer is presenting the case, the facts are the facts."

Correspondent Garrett Tenney shared details that were not made public during the first trial. This includes insights into Karmelo Anthony's state of mind the day that he killed Metcalf.

"Prosecutors say that day, Anthony was spiraling. His girlfriend had just broken up with him," Tenney said. "That morning she had told an assistant principal that Anthony was stalking her and just a few hours before the track meet, Anthony texted someone saying 'I'm lowkey on the verge.'"

"Prosecutors also revealed Anthony had a history of getting into fights. That it was something he liked to do," Tenney continued. "And it had been a big enough problem that his parents had taken him to a special program at LSU for kids who can't keep their hands to themselves. We also learned that the then-17-year-old was obsessed with knives and guns and had fantasized about stabbing someone, including in this text message investigators found where [Anthony] said 'When I stab somebody, I'm gonna lick their blood off the blade.'"

Prosecutors didn't share this during the trial because of an agreement with the defense that both sides would avoid character evidence.

"Those details about Anthony and claims from the defense that Austin Metcalf had a history of bullying, violence, and a previous case of spraying racist graffiti ... instead, both sides would focus entirely on what happened under the tent at the track meet," Tenney explained. "That agreement, though, is now a key piece of the defense's case for a new trial because they claim Anthony was essentially pressured not to testify in his own defense."

Tenney said that Anthony and his attorneys had no problem with this agreement until they lost the case.

"At that point, that is when it became an issue and they hired new attorneys and filed this appeal," Tenney said.

Former Collin County, Texas prosecutor Carrie Thomas said she doesn't think this is grounds for a new case. 

"Based on what I've heard so far ... but it's a steep hill to climb to get a new trial at this level," Thomas said. "There's a huge deference to juries and judges making decisions in the moment in that courtroom because they are the fact-finders. So based on what I've heard, I certainly think there's more to explore, but it would be hard for me to say at this point that they have a strong case for a new trial, just based on what I've seen and heard.

Cain and Thomas then discussed if this new information would impact the outcome of the trial.

When discussing the graffiti incident, Thomas said it doesn't have much impact on the trial. "In order for them to bring that in in front of the jury, they would have to link that somehow to Karmelo's awareness of Austin's behavior. If Karmelo and Austin had some history where ... Karmelo was aware of Austin's troubles or feelings then maybe that goes to his reasonableness and his self-defense claim. But other than that, I'm not sure that that comes in," she said.

On the other hand, the information about Karmelo's state of mind could have an impact.

"I think that a statement of a defendant is much more likely to come in at a trial," Thomas said. "Karmelo got the benefit of this gentleman's agreement."