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4. I'm not a lawyer but I have seen them on TV

Reply to True Blue American (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 05:59 AM

Jul 2019

No seriously, I understand that they feared he'd beat the rap (he could afford really good lawyers and jury consultants) and that plea deals are more the standard these days up and down the criminal justice system but.... how hard could it be to sell a jury on "this rich a hole has been raping children"?

Granted one juror (properly selected) might have been able to hang the jury but still.

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