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Re:The ‘Greatest Corporate Failure in American History’ by jahnu on Sunday December 20, 2015 @11:15AM (#10767398)
IANAL but pretty sure arguing a motive is not a requirement in any criminal trial even though it might be common. But it's akin to character witnesses and so on. I.e. used to establish plausibility.
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Re:The ‘Greatest Corporate Failure in American History’ by BookmarkSaver on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @03:26PM (#10780175)
Yeah I'm not a lawyer either. I tried to use the descriptor "classic" to indicate that it is well known as a very important part of prosecution, rather than some expert opinion on my part.
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