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In reply to the discussion: Darnella Frazier's last words on the stand were heartbreaking: [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)26. It may have been deliberate, but if so it was stupid
because change is neutral - it can be good or bad.
A skilled attorney needs to nudge "change" toward how they want the jury to hear it in order to be effective (especially when the person being questioned answers neutrally ("It has" . You (and people on DU generally) are inclined to hear it as trying to plant a suggestion that she gained from it. There may be jurors with a different political perspective who aren't inclined to hear it that way - so when directed at a jury that (theoretically) represents a cross section of the communty - a competent attorney would ether not go there at all - or go one step farther in nudging the jury to hear what you heard.
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Empathy is definitely lacking in far too many conservatives of the trump variety, imo...
Spazito
Mar 2021
#10
I didn't read the question, together with the lack of follow-up, as neutral in it's intent...
Spazito
Mar 2021
#19
Between this and the defense's equally stupid handling of the MMA fighter's testimony....
RussellCattle
Mar 2021
#6
Just heart wrenching. This young woman will suffer trauma from witnessing the murder of
iluvtennis
Mar 2021
#20
One of the first rules of trial law: don't ask a question to which you don't know the answer.
BobTheSubgenius
Mar 2021
#21
that's all I could figure but in the short excerpt the context was missing
LymphocyteLover
Mar 2021
#35
President Obama expressed similar sentiments in the past as has Mayor DiBlasio.
George II
Mar 2021
#28