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Originally posted by Rudey
But I'm sure the more the prosecutor can poison the environment now, the better for any case he may have.
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The most interesting thing is that pre-trial publicity (which I'll call 'PTP') has a much more powerful effect on a case if it's negative, against the defedant. Negative PTP is one of the toughest barriers to overcome - and casting this in a racial light is probably the best-spun PTP I've ever seen from a public officer, regardless of whether it's true or not, since the jury will most likely have between 4 and 8 African Americans (not much risk of needing Batson here) . . .
-RC
--Obviously still at work
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