this book.  (The caked blood on the soles of the shoes is unclear, but the soaked dark areas of the cuffs are apparent.)

Frye theorized that the blood droplets fell from Mays's gunshot wounds, that Mays put his feet down into his own fresh blood and thereby smeared the soles of his sneakers.  As for the heavy soaked-in stains of the cuffs, particularly the left cuff, this blood was soaked up from the same spot "as he is pushing back [pushing away from Zeigler as he lay on the floor]."

But this is clearly absurd.  The amount of blood on the floor near Mays's feet is not even close to the quantity that was found on his shoes and cuffs.  The blood on the floor appears to be no more than a few smeared drops.  Frye seems to believe that Mays stood in place and pumped out blood from his wounds, yet if Zeigler killed Mays the way he was accused of doing, the two must have struggled immediately after Zeigler shot him.  Also, Mays was wearing two shirts under a bulky sweatshirt, even if he had managed to stay on his feet after being shot twice, even if Zeigler for some reason had allowed him to stay standing, even