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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Fri May 15, 2015, 07:49 PM May 2015

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, listen with your eyes [re: closing arguments]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/15/us/tsarnaev-13th-juror-closing-arguments/

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Boston (CNN)I'm a big fan of closing arguments. It's that time in a trial when the lawyers wax rhetorical and either rise to the occasion or stumble as they try to convince the jury to buy into their version of the case.

This week, at the penalty phase of the Boston Marathon bomber's trial, the closing arguments were dramatic and emotionally compelling. Ultimately the prosecution prevailed; the jury condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death.
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