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CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits. Among those who chose to testify was Kim Potter, convicted Thursday of manslaughter for killing Daunte Wright during a traffic stop when the Minnesota police officer mistook her gun for a Taser.

CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile...

Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of a client taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits

EXPLAINER: Are more defendants testifying at trial? | 2021-12-25 00:14:46

CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile...

CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile...

Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of a client taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits

To Try a President Harry Kalven Jr. © Ernst Haas / Getty Organizing my files recently, I came upon an unpublished article by my father, Harry Kalven Jr. It was the last piece he wrote before his death in 1974. I had forgotten that it existed. Reading it now, 47 years after he wrote it, is an uncanny experience, for it speaks with singular clarity and force to a central question of the moment: How should the legal system respond to crimes that a former president may have commit...