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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrials 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
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Well, yeah, but folks are critiquing the witnesses like they are actresses and actors
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2013
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elleng
(131,292 posts)1. Yes, but they are dramatic.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)2. Well, yeah, but folks are critiquing the witnesses like they are actresses and actors
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elleng
(131,292 posts)3. Right and that is a mistake,
its real life.
Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)4. Very succinctly stated.
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.
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.