04-01-2022, 02:25 AM
I can make this comment: the one defendant who took the stand seems to have made a serious blunder in being caught in lies while answering softball questions from his defense attorney. Ordinarily a defendant on trial has said or done more than enough to bring suspicion upon him, and only can rarely can he improve his position. Were I a defense attorney I would strongly urge practically any defendant to not testify on his behalf during the trial of guilt or innocence. Perhaps during the sentencing phase should there be mitigating factors such as childhood trauma.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.