I am an attorney, and it's never taken me three hours to lay out an argument. It's called the opening statement. If you go on longer than about 30 minutes you've lost not only the jurors, but also the judge.
And I know you're going to say, "WHAT ABOUT THOSE TRIALS THAT TAKE SIX MONTHS!?!?!?!"
Well, you're clearly not an attorney. If you can't present and name all the evidence you have in under 30 minutes, you don't have enough evidence and you're scrambling. Also, anything that starts with movie quotes is suspect to me because the person is evoking emotion, not facts.
There's a reason why the defense always runs about 3X as long as the prosecution. The defense has to create a smokescreen of doubt to win over the jury. If you have the true facts on your side, all it takes is connecting the dots.
I've never gone over about 20 minutes in any case I've ever won and I probably could've cut that in half.
I am an attorney, and it's never taken me three hours to lay out an argument. It's called the opening statement. If you go on longer than about 30 minutes you've lost not only the jurors, but also the judge.
And I know you're going to say, "WHAT ABOUT THOSE TRIALS THAT TAKE SIX MONTHS!?!?!?!"
Well, you're clearly not an attorney. If you can't present and name all the evidence you have in under 30 minutes, you don't have enough evidence and you're scrambling. Also, anything that starts with movie quotes is suspect to me because the person is evoking emotion, not facts.
There's a reason why the defense always runs about 3X as long as the prosecution. The defense has to create a smokescreen of doubt to win over the jury. If you have the true facts on your side, all it takes is connecting the dots.
I've never gone over about 20 minutes in any case I've ever won and I probably could've cut that in half.