Lawyers Are Sharing The Dumbest Things That Either Won Or Lost Them A Case, And Wowwwww

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“I was a public defender in my first felony trial. It involved meth trafficking, where they had the whole exchange caught on video — including my client’s (alleged) face and his license plate, since the exchange took place in his car. When he was arrested the next day, he still had the marked bills in his wallet. All I could argue was reasonable doubt; ‘probably’ wasn’t enough. He was facing 20 years because of his record. After about 10 minutes out, the jury came back and asked if they could see my client’s teeth. In the video, he had a bad case of meth mouth, but he had not testified, so the jury never got a chance to look in his mouth in person. The judge apologized and said the proof was closed. The jury came back with a ‘not guilty’ verdict five minutes later.”

“I spoke to the foreman after, and he said that the jury was certain it was him, but his teeth were so distinctive that they wanted to see them to be absolutely certain. I asked, ‘What about the license plate and marked bills?’ His brow furrowed, and he said, ‘That actually didn’t come up back there…but, yeah, I guess it was definitely him. Should we tell the judge?’ I said, ‘Uh, it’s too late, it’s over.'”

—mastonat