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should be at least one loophole.

And of course two escape clauses

(all of which we charge higher fees for of course).

Here’s an example of legal reasoning . . .

A defense lawyer was defending his client charged

with murder. It was a very serious case, and the

prosecutor had just finished making his opening

statement to the jury, accusing the defendant of

murdering his wife, and cutting up her body to

dispose of it.

The defense lawyer, after listening to the opening

statement of the prosecutor said:

“Ladies and Gentlemen: you just heard

the prosecutor’s opening statement.

He has painted a picture of my client that is terrible.

“He has accused him of murdering his wife,

and cutting her body up into pieces

and putting them into suitcases.

“He claims my client was in the process

of transporting her remains over the border

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