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Skinhead Victims

My case was the hot topic of conversation in the courthouse today.I recently lost an assault trial. My cleint Dwayne House, a tall black man, hit the victim, Emily Metzger, while they were at a popular nightclub. Mr. House accidently spilled Ms. Metzger's drink and after he refused to buy her a new drink, she called him the "N" word. Mr. House then hit Ms. Metzger. When the prosecutor was questioning Ms. Metzger, she admitted that she called him a ni**er to incite and provoke him.Words alone, no matter how inflammatory, cannot justify a physical attack. So we lost at the trial. Words meant to provoke, however, can be brought up to mitigate a sentence. We got a crappy plea offer on Mr. House's case (10 days jail frontloaded, and supervised probation), so we went to trial, in hopes of getting a better sentence from the judge...continue to full post

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