Closing Argument By Pat Maloney

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The blog article this week is a blast from the past. A very insightful, rich, and captivating Closing Argument by Pat Maloney Sr. As Don Keenan suggested, we must take our time squeezing the orange and digesting both his pervasive use of Reptile references, as well as, his unique and beautiful ability to twist the last bit of emotion out each and every paragraph.

After just my first read of this article, I was able to walk away with several Reptile references that truly revealed the genius of Pat Maloney Sr. Pat did not get even get half way into his second paragraph before he started empowering the jury to be the conscience of the community. By his third and paragraph, Pat was spreading the tentacles of danger and relaying to the jury truths

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