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A defence lawyer was delivering her closing statement to the jury. In her final sentence, she said, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I urge you to find my client guilty".
There was a moment of silence and she then says "Not guilty! I meant to say NOT guilty!"
Comment by DerekB52 at 28/03/2019 at 03:44 UTC
391 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I assume the client was found guilty? Freudian slip here?
Comment by DanTheTerrible at 28/03/2019 at 05:03 UTC
51 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Could that be grounds for a mistrial?
Comment by [deleted] at 28/03/2019 at 09:18 UTC*
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Comment by Iboughtcheeseonce at 28/03/2019 at 04:28 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
F
Comment by I_Like_Knitting_TBH at 28/03/2019 at 17:03 UTC
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This exact same thing happened to my friend, but luckily her mishap only happened in a mock trial during a job interviewing process IIRC. She was mortified. I can’t imagine doing that in real court.