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althouse.blogspot.com - 12/1/2008
The video that helped put a man in prison for 22 years for running a stop sign.
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Is it fair? The increasingly sophisticated multimedia presentations depict victims from cradle to grave, often with soft music in the background, tugging on the heartstrings of jurors. Defense lawyers say the videos are highly prejudicial and have sought to have them banned. But the Supreme ...

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“The video that helped put a man in prison for 22 years for running a stop sign”
Overlawyered — ... Negligence lawyers have long reaped great benefits by introducing “day-in-the-life” videos that arouse jurors’ sympathy for injury victims. Now prosecutors are learning how to get enormous mileage from “victim TV” as well. Fair play? Should defense lawyers be allowed to introduce counter-videos of how horrible prison is and what it does to clients sent there? (Ann Althouse, Nov. 30). ...

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