Works on Voters, Too.

Posted on March 23, 2008
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The Chronicle reports that, “in a 2002 trial skills presentation in Austin, [Harris County DA candidate Kelly] Siegler’s worksheet on final arguments included, ‘Make jury afraid.’”

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6 Responses to “Works on Voters, Too.”

  1. AHCL on March 23rd, 2008 7:30 pm

    She subsequently showed the students a video clip of Mark playing air guitar shirtless as an example of how to frighten a jury.

  2. AHCL on March 23rd, 2008 8:07 pm

    Found the picture:

    http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Gomez/718-big-air-guitar-champion-france.jpg

  3. Ron in Houston on March 23rd, 2008 9:12 pm

    AHCL, is that really Mark?

    Fear is a powerful motivator. It can take some small problem and blow it into a major catastrophe.

  4. AHCL on March 23rd, 2008 9:38 pm

    No, it isn’t really Mark, but I found the idea to be wildly amusing.

  5. PJ on March 23rd, 2008 10:33 pm

    Also from the article: “While showing a video of her remarks to the jury…, Siegler noted where she had gone outside those rules. ‘That’s objectionable,’ she said of her performance. ‘But it was a very subtle way of doing it, and they didn’t stop me in time. And I knew it was objectionable, but I wanted the jury to understand the point anyway.’”

    Just two more examples of Kelly not know what a District Attorney’s job responsibilities are (legal or ethical).

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