re: #224 darthstar

It’s good thread - Trump’s team is asking that they know what previous cases of his will be brought up and can they please exclude all of them?

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As Roger points out, prior bad acts cannot be brought into evidence just to show the defendant has a propensity to commit crimes. However, evidence of past lying or deception can for the purpose of questioning his credibility, which opens up Trump’s entire career to examination. The judge may conclude some of it is too inflammatory, however, because you want the jury to convict based on evidence of whether or not he committed the crime in question, not because he is a loathsome sack of shit.