If they come away from your opening statement confused, you're in big trouble for the rest of the trial.

We got a couple of guys in foul trouble and Coach continued to rest us and let the reserves come in. They played good, but the Bulls really wanted it.

He did a very good job of making a complex story very understandable for the jury.

The danger in coming back at that is you're repeating it. Now, what you may try to do is come back and put it all into context. But that has its risk.

Closing arguments may be the most fun and the most dramatic, but opening statements are in many ways more important. Most research shows jurors have made up their minds long before the closing arguments.

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