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There's no crying in court (especially in a capital case)!?!?!

By Douglas A. Berman

"Are you crying, defense counsel?  Are you crying?  Are you crying?...  There's no crying, ... there's no crying,in court!  Professor Kingfield was my professor, and he gave me a dime and told me to call my parents to tell them I'm not gonna be a lawyer!  And did I cry? ... NO!  NO!  And do you know why? ... Because there's no crying in court!  There's no crying in court!  There's no crying!" Thanks to this AP story, I was able to imagine these specifics from the motion filed by some local Ohio prosecutors (assuming they are fans of this classic scene).  Here are the actual details of a story that is as interesting as it is silly:Prosecutors say there should be no crying during closing arguments in death penalty cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).