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January 31, 2008
Posted: 02:28 PM ET

NEW YORK – I’m not sure how closely you’ve followed this Wesley Snipes trial, but it got real good in that courtroom there toward the end.

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Jami Floyd almost always has the Last Word.

The defense rested its case without calling a single witness to the stand. Not Mr. Snipes, not anyone.

It’s a bold strategy, but always a gamble. And it’s a huge one for Snipes, because the case against him isn’t that weak. And in the end, Snipes and his lawyers allowed the government’s case to stand unchallenged.

That says a lot to this defense attorney about Snipes’ defense. Now it’s a “reasonable doubt” case, entirely, and Snipes’ only hope for acquittal is that the jury will decide the government failed to meet its burden. Read: The jury’s out

Since he decided not to take the stand in a case that is all about what he knew and when he knew it, that’s a long shot indeed.

And that is the Last Word.

Jami Floyd, In Session anchor

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Doug D.   January 31st, 2008 6:21 pm ET

I sincerely hope that Snipes get jail time. There is NO reason he should not. If this were joe citizen, we would already be sitting in jail. Lock him up. Actor or not, star or not shouldn’t matter. He is guilty. He said so. LOCK HIM UP.

Sylvia B   February 1st, 2008 12:40 pm ET

Snipes seems eagar to make a point. What better way than to do the time for what he admits he did. Do the crime, do the time. Especially, because obviously, it isn’t a matter of being able to afford to pay the taxes. He disagrees with taxation on principle, let him do the time, on principle.

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