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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:39 PM Jun 2013

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Trials aren't plays

The witnesses are who they are and say what they have to say.

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Trials aren't plays (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2013 OP

Yes, but they are dramatic. elleng Jun 2013 #1

Well, yeah, but folks are critiquing the witnesses like they are actresses and actors DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2013 #2

Right and that is a mistake, elleng Jun 2013 #3

Very succinctly stated. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #4

The hell they're not. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #5

elleng

(130,959 posts)

1. Yes, but they are dramatic.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:40 PM

Jun 2013

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. Well, yeah, but folks are critiquing the witnesses like they are actresses and actors

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:41 PM

Jun 2013

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elleng

(130,959 posts)

3. Right and that is a mistake,

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:44 PM

Jun 2013

its real life.

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)

4. Very succinctly stated.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:51 PM

Jun 2013

I'm kind of shocked at some of the condescending posts about her.

Even if she were stupid - as some have implied, with which I disagree - she is the witness and she is who she is. It's not about her demeanor but about her testimony.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

5. The hell they're not.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:53 PM

Jun 2013

Ya got yer posing, primping & pontificating prosecutors, ya got your dancing, deflecting and distracting defense attorneys, ya got yer enigmatic experts, ya got yer bombast from the bench, ya got yer witlesses--I mean witnesses--every one playing out a role for the 12-member audience…

I been on the stand in a lot of courtrooms, and I can tell you they are plays.

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