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... me—waiting for my justification, waiting for me to stumble.

An objection like this was risky.

I could have simply said, "The defendant is not required to speak." That would have been the legally sound move.

But legal correctness wasn't the goal here.

Convincing the jury was.

And calling an objection like this, at the wrong time, in the wrong way?

That would make us look guilty.

There was also the possibility that someone on the jury had bee ...

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