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davidpdx

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4. Good Point

Sat May 31, 2014, 04:18 AM

May 2014

He'd have to prove his mental fitness if he were to testify. The burden would be on him to prove there was damage. Certainly if he's got some problems (other than being a racist asshole) it would hurt his credibility (not that it wasn't dead already).

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