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A Prosecutor Wins Despite Himself

Do you doubt that prosecutors don’t have to be brilliant to win trials? Check this out:

Oh, and the prosecutor had a PowerPoint for his closing arguments. His closing arguments, frankly, annoyed me so much they made me want to acquit. It was really, really bad, but not surprising, considering that in his opening statements, we got a riff on “stop asking questions of the government, so we can keep you safe!” The prosecutor was probably one of the main factors that made me want to find the guy not guilty – but when we sat and went through the evidence, I got over it.

I feel for the prosecutor . . . and for the defender. Ouch.

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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4 Responses to “A Prosecutor Wins Despite Himself”

  1. Alex says:
    23 June 2007 at 9:16 pm

    The link’s broken, it would seem.

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  2. Mark Bennett says:
    23 June 2007 at 9:24 pm

    Fixed it. Thanks.

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  3. John says:
    28 June 2007 at 3:46 am

    Hey – this is the guy who wrote the blog post that Mark linked to. I just wanted to note that Mark asked a question in the comments on my blog… and I finally had a minute to answer it over there.

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  4. Mark Bennett says:
    28 June 2007 at 1:46 pm

    Thanks, John. Interesting and helpful.

    Reply

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