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...We’re mistrusting ourselves to think we just collapse before the cameras,” Abramson says. “We’re not that weak of will...
...High-profile cases may sometimes encourage prosecutors “to play up charges,” Abramson says...
...Abramson, a former Middlesex County assistant district attorney, says that Massachusetts law requires prosecutors to prove either “deliberate premeditation” or “extreme atrocity or cruelty” to warrant a first degree verdict...
...However, Abramson says the Middlesex prosecutors in the Pring-Wilson trial aren’t pursuing a “charging-up strategy,” but rather are following the letter of Massachusetts...
...wording of the statute says that the jury shall find the degree of murder,” Abramson says. “Prosecutors often rely on that to say they should just generally charge all the way up and leave the jury to sort out...first versus second degree...