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What Erin should have responded with on the trial.


The defense lawyer claims that she must have been the one to blame because the other part was a doctor who spends his days saving lives, indicating that he is a careful and responsible man.

Well, do you know any doctors or nurses who smoke? I sure do. What kind of sense does it make that people who spend their days improving people`s health does something that is damaging for the health themselves?

That`s because smoking is part of their personal life, they`re not doctors or nurses anymore when they`re not on the job. And that`s exactly the case with the doctor in the trial. When he`s behind the wheel, he`s not a doctor anymore, he`s himself. And that, for all we know, could be a reckless, speed loving driver.

A very bad argument from the defense lawyer.

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Totally, like oh because doctors wear white they must be saints or some crap, right?

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