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"Defense affiliated individuals speak to the press.."

They're not "affiliated" with defense. They don't speak for the defense. We don't know how close they really are with Agnifilos. Geragos clearly hasn't been following the case closely, neither has Aidala. Most lawyers don't follow other cases as closely as supporters are unless it's their own case. I've said this on TikTok about the Geragos interview:

Supporters who've been following Luigi's case closely and have read all the case files (and have common sense) know more about this case than all these tele-lawyers do (esp. if they're not NY/Federal lawyers), tbh. And no lawyer knows all the laws, for example, federal stalking cases are pretty rare, and I found that no lawyer has actually read all the case LM case files as well as other precedent case verdicts/decisions.

I used to work with and know many lawyers, and they bullshit so much.. all the time. Because they're betting on majority of the public not being able to catch them. There have been so many lawyers giving bs comments in this case, and I've corrected them so many times, so I wouldn't pay too much attention on what any of them say.

"Defense let a lot of prosecutorial misconduct slide"

Okay, I do kinda agree with this one. But y'all know if it was up to me, I'd be out there breathing down Hoel's neck & filing motions to disqualify him for every single stupid thing he said & did.. 🙄 So, idk how objective I could be on this topic, but I would've expected to push more on this. Esp. in federal case & Pam Bondi stuff, because their first motion for it was denied without prejudice to renewal, but defense seems to have let it go. :/ I mean, some of the issues they did preserve for the appeals, but imo it would've been more helpful for them to address the law enforcement/prosecution bias/misconduct right now because it would help with seeding reasonable doubt in public/jury's mind. Maybe they will. Not many people noticed that they did some of it during the suppression hearings, which could be considered as a mini-trial. I would've liked them to have addressed a lot of these issues before the trial ofc lol.

"A more aggressive team could have won on reasonable doubt"

I mean, defense would still have a chance to argue against prosecution's evidence even if they went with EED. And EED's a good back up to have. Mind you, EED≠insanity. Let's not forget that defense did argue a lot for prosecution's witness testimonies being fake. And that was only during the suppression hearings, you can 100% expect them being more ruthless and aggressive on the cross-examination during the trial. I think the issue here is that a lot of supporters didn't read suppression hearing transcripts and they don't know how suppression hearings are a preview/set up for trial hearings. For example, you can bet mugwort gnome boy's trial testimony is gonna end up being a laughing stock during the trial OR, if he changes it, defense will be able to argue for perjury. Either way, no jury's gonna take all those testimonies seriously. And fake testimonies ain't gonna go well with the jury.

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Look, those who know me know that I hate lawyers - as a profession -and I do have my issues with Luigi's defense. I've had them since day 1. The thing is tho (and what OP doesn't seem to grasp, tho they came so close) there's a phenomenon called Halo Effect, which I'm sure you've heard of. In legal world specifically, it can manifest through one's lawyer. E.g. if jury finds defendant's lawyer charismatic / trustworthy / etc., they're more likely to view the defendant as such, too. Now, Luigi's defense team may, in fact, suck. Or whatever they're doing might be strategic. The thing is - we won't know until after the trial's over and also, there's nothing we can do/say that could change it right now. Criticizing the defense right now is just gonna make them look bad, less trustworthy/charismatic/etc. in the eyes of the potential jury. The effect would be small of course, but still I'd rather not risk it. There was at least one potential juror during the Alexander brothers' voire dire, who heard about Agnifilo specifically before bc of Luigi's case.