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Old 03-08-2002, 03:13 PM   #8
MaggieL
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Originally posted by dhamsaic
Seriously though, it's because the defense is playing on her being a woman. Sympathy case. Distraught. Frightened. Young woman.
I think that's reaching quite a bit--the spiel would have been "young man" if the driver had been a guy.

"Made a wrong choice" sounds awfully familiar, though.

As for "reading the article", token, I did. And the UPI coverage as well--MSNBC doesn't have much credibility with me.
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