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pack_in_black said:For those who really think Vick's sentence was too harsh; you may want to consider why his lawyers wanted to deal with this out of court. Jury opinion (as could be the general opinion of this or any other forum) would change very quickly after getting the visual graphic details as to what had actually been done.
It is one thing to debate a topic that no one has ever witnessed, another thing all together to see the graphic details before debating. Vick's lucky he changed his plea to guilty and avoided that Jury because every graphic detail was going to come out and I guarantee you that hearing the details day after day on the news would guarantee that no body ever would consider touching him again in the NFL and what little is left of his fan base would have to wake up.
So thank the system for allowing him to keep all the gory details to himself because"Ignorance is bliss"
One could also argue that displaying pictures is playing on a jury's immediate emotional response, and creating a "mob mentality" by just showing pictures.
True, but either way; it is "evidence"and Vick's lawyers did not want that stuff getting out to the jury or media for a reason and I think it's pretty easy to determine why.