Humanizing someone makes it harder for you to take action against them.
In a court room you don't want the jury looking at them like they are a monster. So you say their name. You make them seem relatable.
If you are a female and are kidnapped, you talk to your capture, you tell them your name, you try to engage them so they see you as human not prey
It's a tactic. The lawyer was not being incompetent.
He's right. When he says humanize, he means he is getting the jury to think of him as a person not a monster that carelessly murdered 3 people.
He could be your son, your brother, your friend, your boyfriend.
Anyway, it is a common tactic and one that women are taught in order to protect themselves, make yourself a human not prey.
Humanizing someone makes it harder for you to take action against them.
In a court room you don't want the jury looking at them like they are a monster. So you say their name. You make them seem relatable. If you are a female and are kidnapped, you talk to your capture, you tell them your name, you try to engage them so they see you as human not prey
It's a tactic. The lawyer was not being incompetent.