Word: toobin
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Jeffrey R. Toobin ‘82, a seasoned legal analyst who viewed the arguments today, concurred with Tribe’s assessment. “Based on the questions [from the justices], I thought there was a clear majority for upholding the Solomon Amendment,” said Toobin, a former editorial chair for The Crimson...
...Simpson case “has very much colored people’s perceptions of cameras in the courtroom,” says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey R. Toobin ’82. But Toobin, a former Crimson editorial board chair, says that in general courtroom cameras do not alter the proceedings. “People tend to forget that they’re there and tend to conduct themselves normally,” he says...
...It’s common for the defense to say the defendant is a good guy and the witnesses are bums,” says Toobin, who is also a Crimson editor. “The risk to the defense is that jurors will say, either consciously or subconsciously, ‘We’re sick of these arrogant Harvard jerks acting like the rules don’t apply to them...
...conundrum is inevitable, Toobin says...
...have to tell the jury that this kid has had a clean record and seems to be a good person,” Toobin says. “They have to do it in a way that makes his client seem humble and wise, not arrogant...