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You were about to say something? >> it's a dangerous prospect to put the defendant up on the stand when the burden of proof is on the prosecution. but here you make a strategic decision. do you have to put him on? and here they felt they had to to let the jury see his state of mind and try to get sympathy for him. but it's very dangerous. and if they catch your witness, your defendant in one lie, that would basically destroy the case i don't think they caught him in a lie, but whether his credibility is to be believed by this jury is a big issue here. again, this jury instruction today and the...
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