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On one of my other writing gigs. I'm kind of half kidding.
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One of those things was delightfully paradoxical: Juries like defendants who appear to be sorry? I believe it, but...
When my Dad wanted to know, "Who ate my ice cream?" You didn't want to be the kid who appeared sorry. DEFIANT or SCARED was far more likely to get you off the hook.
Are you saying that, on a subconscious level, the jury starts the trial knowing the defendant is guilty and --- > is looking for good reasons to cut him a break, to find reasonable doubt?