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Pop quiz: Name that charge

By Gideon

From public defender Doubtslinger: Okay I just lost a trial last week. Here is a fair statement of the evidence, see if you can guess what charge my client was convicted of: 1) My client has no prior criminal history 2) The “victim” gave over seven different versions of the story (and never told the same story twice. Not one version made logical sense. 3) It would have been physically impossible to accomplish what my client is said to have done 4) The “victim” was caught in a lie on videotape 5) A witness sitting inches away from the victim did NOT see the crime occur. Read the entire post

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on February 15, 2009 (boomark / email).