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But Charles M. Silver, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, said changes in personal injury law and a "pro-defendant" posture in the judicial branch made such a large financial award substantially less likely.
Of course, a defendant's posture in the courtroom is an imperfect proxy for his state of mind.
The disparity in their sentences reflect the cooperative posture of defendants and what the Government believed to be their role.
"These defendants are in a different posture," explained Brett E. Cohen, defense attorney for one of the acquitted defendants from the first trial.
I watched the defendant, who had again frozen in a posture of silent expectation, his hands clasped in front of him.
Maybe the defendant's lawyers coached him to change his haircut and posture, with that very intention in mind.
In a session marked by emotional oratory, there was one exception to the Senate's tough posture: a vote to block the use of the death penalty against mentally retarded defendants convicted in Federal courts.
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein has touted the department's aggressive posture in bringing cases against individual offenders, noting that since January 2017 the department has prosecuted more than 50 defendants for hate crimes.
