Gerry Spence - LHO Closing Argument

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[@janetphillips2875]

Im just about 15 miles or less from his home at Thunderhead Ranch, and oh my goodness, how I would love to meet Mr. Spence!!!He is 94 years old now. I asked the young lady at the post office how he is doing, she says he is still here and doing,good!

[@Realest636]

Whenever I’m dealing with angry people at work I use the bird story. It seems to get the job done. I have no idea what it means to the situation but it seems to befuddle people enough to distract them.

[@krkMuse]

My God. This is one of the most brilliant closings ever

[@haidenmorgan]

Yeah typical Gerry. Literally a virtuouso speaker for and of the people. Everything he says sounds like the most important book you'll ever read lol.

[@shirazkhan5192]

Gerry is a legend among trial lawyers.

[@haidenmorgan]

Possibly the best to live in my opinion. Especially when you see the cases he pursued and the philosophy he learned along the way about the human condition

[@josiajones9774]

2:45 The judge is setting on the edge of his seat and getting into that bird story.

[@Realest636]

It’s in his hand.

[@roblocia437]

Two of the greatest lawyers there is....

[@johnjames9728]

Christ this is chilling History in your hands

[@lisa4172]

I remember watching this in my 9th grade civics class

[@mattikarkkainen]

This man is for the birds!

[@mattm3023]

Hah, come here from Norm telling Tom Green about this? I just did too

[@Valeria-yt5bb]

it doesn't look like a trial, it looks like it's telling a story or giving a sermon

[@kit888]

Closing arguments at the end of trial.

[@AirmanRugby6]

@@kit888 Ok? It would still be nice if he actually relied on evidence or named a single doubt he raised. Innuendo, allegation, and emotional appeals lost this case. As with BLM, you need more than “please pity my criminal” in your argument.

[@raquelzhagui1456]

Wow the story about the wise old man and the boy with the bird was brilliantly done.

[@AirmanRugby6]

If only he had any actual substance to attach to it. Laughable that he mentions reasonable doubts being raised (his obligation) he couldn’t name a single one, two or 17 doubts. He made those doubts disappear by relying on innuendo, allegations, and emotional appeals.

[@Realest636]

@@AirmanRugby6 you see that bird that bird is in your hands.

[@AirmanRugby6]

@@Realest636 You know how you can tell Gerry Spence has had success with that closing argument? Almost all of it, word for word, is his closing from the Silkwood case. From start to finish. Rhetoric was beaten by facts and logic in this case.

[@Realest636]

@@AirmanRugby6 Gerry Spence puts the bird in the jury’s hand. The juries don’t deal with evidence or facts, they don’t know how many people crossed the street against the light, last year. He speaks to them within the realm of right.

[@AirmanRugby6]

@@Realest636 Is that the best defence you can muster for the murderer of JFK? 🤣

[@nexteffect5138]

Wow!! I love it!!

[@arlynmartinez5972]

Wow,i luv d story❤❤❤,meaningful👏👏👏

[@vladimirholmes5576]

"The bird is in your hands"

[@DexterHaven]

The jury flipped him the bird, though, and ruled for Bugliosi.

[@barryngwenya3253]

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY WELL DONE MR SPENCE

[@JoshGuestEsq]

Taken from one of Aesop’s fables

[@genesisbustamante-durian]

NOT GUILTY.

[@The_Real_A.I.]

@@DexterHaven try defending Lee Harvey Oswald in court and see the verdict you get lol

[@AM-cx2gh]

2:46 even the judge is captivated

[@trialstud]

Brilliant.

[@gmnboss]

This is powerful!!

[@jggrimm]

the courage to say No. Amen.

[@Lisaj4431]

The greatest and most respected lawyers of all time

[@MrMZaccone]

That doesn't set the bar very high.

[@stephenblank3483]

Edmond Dantez stop being a hater just because you are jealous

[@MrMZaccone]

Stephen Blank Clearly ... it doesn't set the bar very high.

[@jessecuevas2581]

Edmond Dantez show some respect you average high school diploma citizen.

[@MrMZaccone]

Jesse Cuevas Respect for what? Of the people living in the U.S. one out of roughly every 250 is a practicing attorney. Clearly, it's not that difficult. I also have quite a bit more than a high school diploma.

[@xxxfirehuunterxxx]

What a speaker

[@magjag87]

Yes indeed the greatest lawyer Mr Spence ,thank you ang GODBLESS you for depending First Lady of the Philippines Emilda Marcos 🙏❤️

[@AirmanRugby6]

He lost the case while lifting most of his closing, word for word, from his representation in the Silkwood case. He lost this case. Bugliosi is clearly a better lawyer, leagues better.

[@normanleano6386]

Wow! Jury, the birds is in your hands.

[@MrsSnake2647]

brilliant

[@Tommygun1984dublin]

A real stream of concise norm

[@XXX-cq9uj]

Could have been a southern Baptist preacher. Lol

[@aaronz7056]

I was hoping Spence would get around to explaining how the people framing Oswald for these killings knew: - he would show up at the Paine house Nov. 21, otherwise they can't pretend he smuggled the rifle - he wouldn't simply stand out on the sidewalk during the parade - nobody would ever find any bullets or fragments that don't match to his rifle - he would lie about his whereabouts during the parade - nobody would ever catch the "real assassins" who dematerialized away and were never caught inside the building - Oswald would immediately flee the plaza - the guy planting a bogus bullet at the hospital within one hour of the shooting has any idea a bullet needs planting at all or that he is not simply planting one bullet too many into evidence and blowing the whole plot - Oswald would definitely go specifically to Oak Cliff - Oswald owned a revolver - exactly where the revolver was - he would obtain the revolver - he would retain the revolver - an imposter who looks so much like him he is guaranteed to fool the nearly dozen witnesses who ID Oswald needs to be hanging around 10th and Patton - a cop will be driving at 10th and Patton at exactly the right moment to plausibly place Oswald at the crime scene - the cop won't simply outdraw the imposter, capture him and blow the whole plot - Oswald will try to hide from passing police and duck into a theater to dodge more police - Oswald will get caught red-handed trying to shoot a second cop - Oswald will fight so violently 3 officers will be injured just disarming him - Oswald will observe to police, "Well, they say it only takes a minute to die" after asking about the penalty for cop-killing - Oswald will lie to police - Oswald will refuse to cooperate with any investigator - Oswald will act so smug he'll even convince his own brother he's guilty - Oswald will refuse help from the President of the Dallas Bar Association - Oswald will make no attempt to blow any conspiracy to anybody - Oswald will shrug a hollow, rambling reply when asked point blank on live TV, "Did you shoot the President? - they can safely count on scores and scores of witnesses, police, FBI, Secret Service, military personnel, Oswald family members, ballistics experts, doctors, x-ray technicians, photographers, staffs at embassies in another country, whole commissions, etc., to obey illegal orders to commit crimes and bend over backwards making themselves all eternally loyal accessories to murder and treason...

[@emilianogalvez9512]

THE BEST LAWYER

[@carloavila9996]

Great lawyer.

[@LunaTheKitty0]

Here from NORM MACDONALD

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

Norm MacDonald rules.

[@mauricetyler3657]

Great closing clip. He is the man.

[@AirmanRugby6]

He lifted the majority of his closing from Silkwood, notice he doesn’t name a single doubt raised while Bugliosi repeatedly nails the direct evidence. If you’re swayed by this argument in this case, well you probably love the flawed BLM victims. Oswald is a more flawed victim than Jacob Blake.

[@ubervin]

He sounds like Phil Donohue

[@giannitn6382]

My inspiration to be a lawyer. The most greatest and most powerful lawyer of all time !

[@AirmanRugby6]

Most greatest? Have you gone to Law School yet? Pick better heroes, this is like say Ben Crump is your hero. Bugliosi dismantled this man with substantive evidence at every turn. Spence relied almost exclusively on theatrics as his arguments stood upon innuendo, allegations, and even appeals to emotion. There’s good reason Spence lost this case.

[@mattveteska8559]

@@AirmanRugby6 this was a Mock trial son,

[@samuelltlau641]

That was one hell of a closing argument... I'm definitely buying his book

[@AirmanRugby6]

It was a hell of a closing when he delivered it in Silkwood, a case he actually won. It seems Spence used almost that entire closing argument here, including his opening. It would’ve been a far more effective closing had he named a single doubt he raised, but raised no actual doubt with his innuendo, allegations, and emotional appeals. Bugliosi, on the other hand, made little time for theatrics as he focused on the evidence. The evidence that clearly implicates Oswald, and even the evidence against conspiracy. Spence wasn’t man enough to name the organizations he wished to accuse, Bugliosi called him out for this in closing.

[@jim_dog]

The best.

[@JohnB-uf7ft]

I would have finished that story as the wiseman saying: you have a bird in your hand and whether it is alive or dead, will depend on you boy.

[@22skatt88]

I wouldn’t say boy, it’s belittling. However yes I do think he should’ve made it clear what exactly he was trying to say with that story, I can’t help but get the feeling that the idea of the story flew over many of the juries heads.

[@beautypablotamarini7315]

Essence is far out of this room. Everything said here is absolutely irrelevant. Hope you are aware. Or who cares for essence anymore?

[@Utubmusical]

It's a mock trial.

[@benedictsycamore809]

Thank God you said this I was starting to doubt myself.

[@Zero-wm9mb]

Buena historia sin embargo su lenguaje corporal y la voz te atrapa y mete irremediablemente en la historia. 👌🏽

[@TheMrBennito]

The essential answer of the old man would be: 'that can only be known the moment you open your hands'

[@Farmergallo]

Wow

[@redyoshiproductions2243]

Danganronpa

[@MrMGLo]

The real HARVEY SPECTER 🙂

[@amadoiiivildosola3239]

No doubt why marcos chooses him

[@fisterklister]

Don't understand why defense lawyers like Gerry Spence, Johnny Cochran and Jose Baez ham it up like a b-movie. To think that jurors fall for that. Pathetic.

[@dr.ivanjacome229]

Ahora en español

[@andrewlinesjah4538]

Not quite Tony Serra

[@williamkendall7342]

Paul Harvey did the story on the bird, was much better. In the audio recording called, "The Testing Time."

[@mattm3023]

Thank you for introducing me to that

[@JoshGuestEsq]

The earliest telling of the tale can be found in Aesop’s fables.

[@faiiiryriiing]

Jesus Christ dude

[@FATWONTON]

Norm Macdonald does it better.

[@micheledaugherty275]

He should have driven the point home again and again that Connally was holding the Stetson hat ( with no sign of being hit with the magic bullet )while Kennedy had already been hit.

[@AirmanRugby6]

Probably didn’t because it was a weak point. Have you ever seen the entrance wound to Connally’s back? It’s best seen on Connally’s bloody shirt, which is in archives. The bullet enters his back as a vertical line consistent with bullet yaw. Bullets yaw out of soft tissue, like that of JFK’s throat. If you actually watch this mock trial in its totality, Spence uses a pathologist to argue the magic bullet theory reliant on an inaccurate diagram of the vehicle. His motivated reasoning couldn’t come across any clearer, thus diminishing his own credibility. The real magic bullet theory is the one he presents, where the bullet is to go in the direction of the driver/vehicle. Spence even uses an excerpt from Connally that he believes says something it doesn’t. Connally believed the first shot hit JFK, the first shot missed. The second shot hits JFK, goes through him, yaws into Connally’s back and through his body. Have you ever seen someone shot, or hit with a sudden force causing traumatic injury? There can be a delayed reaction due to things such as such as shock. The key to the magic bullet is understanding the actual seating arrangement and the entrance wound to Connally’s back.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@micheeledaugherty275 Nellie Connally says that John held the hat on the way to Parkland Hospital. Governor Connally was a loyal son of Texas. He's probably still holding that hat. Also, It is not entirely clear that the photographic blow-ups definitively show Connally ´”holding” his hat, as opposed to the hat just laying there in plain view in the Z-film.

[@rawbacon]

Spence making a fool out of himself, had no proof on his side and Oswald was found guilty.

[@natenord1130]

You’re making a fool out of yourself. He’s never lost a criminal trial and he’s in the trial attorney’s hall of fame. Maybe when you reach that level you can call him a fool

[@rawbacon]

@@natenord1130 Spence got his a$$ handed to him by Bugliosi and your conspiracy mental illness can't change that.

[@AirmanRugby6]

@@natenord1130 He lost this case. He also lifted his closing arguments from his close in the Silkwood case, almost word for word at many points. Notice when he speaks of his obligation to raise doubt, he doesn’t name a single doubt raised. Bugliosi is the Boogeyman of the JFK conspiracy theory world. He dismantled Spence in the most thorough manner possible, if you think Spence won then you must support the emotional arguments of BLM activist lawyers. Oswald is a more flawed “victim” than Jacob Blake. Try actually reading Bugliosi’s Reclaiming History if the JFK case interests you. Spence didn’t write a book, he dropped this defence pretty quickly, and thus Bugliosi continues to be the true authority on the JFK assassination. Spence’s theatrics were cheap and sleazy, thus he deserved to be defeated in this case. He was.

[@janetphillips2875]

Oswald was never found guilty. He was assumed guilty. This trial, this MOCK trial, didn't mean doodly squat. It was a hung jury. Everybody ( but the people who do not study the assassaination) knows LHO wasn't even at the window.. He had his hands in it somehow, but he didn't even have a gun in the fight, so to speak. He was exactly what he said he was, a Patsy. If you want to know who did it, look behind him. Now, look at what has come out about Bugliosi! He was a freaking psycho! Accusing and harassing the milkman of fathering his son! Harassed that family for years!! Then VB got a woman pregnant, and nearly beat her to death. The cops walked away from it because he was the great one who sent Manson down. Well, he had to in order to keep his job. He had a man in the courtroom taking notes for his famous book, Helter Skelter, in which parts were untru. While Manson may have not suffered an injustice morally, he did legally. But Vince was told to send him down. Or forget his job. He let all this slip out during an interview.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@@janetphillips2875 Just think how the conspiracy-crazed clowns would have jumped for joy and be touting the verdict as definitive proof of their "theories" if Spence had prevailed. If that had happened, the trial would not be so "mock" and also mean way more than "doodly squat." But the plain fact remains that the evidence is overwhelming, the case relatively routine. Had it not been for the prominence of the victim, the case against Oswald could have been tried in a couple of weeks with little likelihood of any but one result.

[@michaelesq.atpcfii.9862]

lousy closing. no evidentiary facts presented at all.

[@user6008]

Gerry Spence lost this mock trial.

[@janetphillips2875]

Hung jury

[@EDDIECROWE]

IMAGINE JOHN LENNONS SONG ABOUT TO BECOME A REALITY. GERRY SPENCE.IT'S EDDIE CROWE YOU KNOW WHO I AM. DO YOU, OR DO YOU NOT HAVE A HEART AND SOUL? YOU'RE A GOOD ACTOR SO IDK WHAT THE FUCK TO THINK.YOU SET ME ON A MISSION AND TURNED YOUR BACK ON ME. I ACCOMPLISHED MY MISSION AND YOU CAN ADDRESS ME AS "MESSIAH" FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD AND YES SIR I AM YELLING ALL HEADLINES ALL CAPS I DONE GOOD GERRY I DONE REAL GOOD LOOK WE THE PEOPLE OF PLANET EARTH ARE TAKING OVER THE MACHINE.TRUMP IS BEHIND THE WHEEL GET IN THE BACK YOU ARE PUNISHED..LOL PEOPLE BUILT EVERYTHING ON THIS PLANET AND THEY SHOULD ALL OWN IT EQUALLY.INCLUDING THE MACHINE. WE'RE BOUND BY OUR GOVT TO RULES SET BY OUR FOREFATHERS.THE RULES OF THE GAME HAVE CHANGED. SIGN THE PLANET OVER TO THE PEOPLE.. PS DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE MESSIAH YOU WILL LOSE. OK WE DOIN A 180 IN A DIRECTION OF PEACE. WE THE PEOPLE OF EARTH WANT TO SUE THE MACHINE OK ARE YOU IN? LISTEN TO RINGO STARRS SONG ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID JUST RELEASED IN APRIL RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD www.soundclick.com/ecbu

[@courtgeek6357]

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[@jmichealsmith99]

The bird story is old as the hills. I agree w/ marco calarco, below: The jury was stupid (that is, willfully dumb)

[@wallacebell4311]

You apparently don’t know of the facts, evidence and witness statements given before this jury! LHO was guilty of killing both JFK and J. D. Tippet and he was guilty of trying to shoot Officer McDonald! Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!!!

[@janetphillips2875]

Old, but wise, unlike stupid comments

[@vichitxaiyavong8114]

That stupid story can use only on stupid and no experience the difficult circumstances in life people. Whay I will do is jail who is guilty , thats it. can't believe that somebody could do very suck acting just for dollars paper.

[@asdffdsa5477]

"ENGLISH" - DO YOU SPEAK IT?

[@janetphillips2875]

You can't even spell, so shut up!