[AppyPappy]

But most attorneys will tell you that it ever-so-little counts against them if they do not get up on the stand.

I'm sure the lawyer for the guy I sent up for life told his client that his silence would help him. It was the wrong advice. He allowed the evidence to convict him.

If I am innocent, I am running to the stand to testify.

[BunnySlippers]

If I am innocent, I am running to the stand to testify.

Boy, I couldn't agree with you more.

[Donzerly lights]

Me too. If you operated successfully in society before the crime, there is NO excuse to not defend yourself in your own words.

Since I'm not bound by jury instruction, I will absolutely think DW guilty, if he doesn't testify.