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how rare is it to see the defendant take the stand even though of course all the cases we just talked about have critical differences. they do have critical differences. as a former prosecutor, when i was waiting for a defendant to get on the stand, i loved it. i was like a lion in a cage waiting to cross-can examine the witness. i don t think it s a trend. it depends on the facts of the case and the client. in some cases there was a reason to do it. in my mind, especially with holmes, i think there may be a little bit of ego in it where they want to get their story out. nevertheless, they hurt themselves on the stand. when you look at the rittenhouse case and the arbery case, there s a really important reasons why the defendants took the stand. and in arbery, they had to take the stand for an affirmative defense. he had to explain why he felt it was reasonable to use force. in right hen house it was a

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