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To: GOPcapitalist
"The defendant's driving is like a deadly game of Russian roulette," a prosecutor said Monday. "On August 16, Randy Scott took the bullet."

I suppose that is what passes for legal arguments these days.

It sounds like an excerpt from his closing statement to the jury. And it's not bad. You shouldn't ever talk down to a jury, but you should never talk "like a lawyer" to them, either. This quoted bit was simple but effective---it sure did the trick for this prosecutor.

21 posted on 12/08/2003 6:14:08 PM PST by Map Kernow (" 'Hate speech' is just 'speech liberals hate' ")
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To: Map Kernow
Then it also speaks volumes about what passes for juries these days. It's a goofy piece of soundbyte sophistry that ammounts to little more than a general dumbing down of our courtrooms.
23 posted on 12/08/2003 6:26:15 PM PST by GOPcapitalist
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