The high profile trial of a Boston City Councilor goes to the jury today for deliberation......I have always said that if you are not at the trial and observe the word delivery, body language, and actual ebb and flow of the entire procedure then you really can't predict the end result.....in fact even if you are there......Juries are unpredictable.........
However this case has me bewildered......The Government says that the Councilor took a $ 1,000. bribe and they show you a video and still pictures of the meeting with an informant and the exchange of something from one hand to another.......
OK, The Defendant against the advise of Counsel (I guess ) takes the stand and says he has to because he has to tell the truth.....His truth is that he does not remember the meeting....and therefore he is innocent....
He is confronted with the video,and he still does not remember.....
Now, We move to the closing argument of Defense Counsel, and he tells the Jury that the money transferred was only $200.00....and the informant made off with the other $ 800.00......Oh boy.....
How does the lawyer know....and his client doesn't......So many questions......
This is one weird defense........well we will know if it worked.....soon
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