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Is it standard procedure for the judge to ask the defendant whether he wants to testify or not? I don’t recall that happening in any other trial I’ve watched.


1,567 posted on 07/10/2013 12:16:43 PM PDT by Velvet_Jones
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Is it standard procedure for the judge to ask the defendant whether he wants to testify or not? I don’t recall that happening in any other trial I’ve watched.

I keep asking that question. WHAT THE BLEEP.

1,582 posted on 07/10/2013 12:19:30 PM PDT by denydenydeny (Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
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