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Would the verdict be the same if the victim was more sympathetic?

posted 8 years ago by dsumner12345
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The victim, the defendant's father, was an abusive man. By all accounts cruel to his son. The defendant was a young man with a hard life. Would the verdict have been the same if the victim had been more sympathetic and the defendant less so?

[–] stevekaczynski 8 years ago

As things were, the young guy was barely saved from a swift guilty followed by a trip to the execution chamber. If the victim had been more likeable perhaps not even Fonda could have saved the kid.

"Chicken soup - with a *beep* straw."

[–] marktayloruk (2502) 3 years ago

I'd be tempted to vote not guilty for that reason!