California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gitelman, B267825 (Cal. App. 2017):
The Attorney General contends that there was no misconduct because " 'a [p]rosecutor may ask the jurors to put themselves in the shoes of the victim.' " This exception to the general rule, however, applies only during the penalty phase of
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capital cases. (People v. Vance, supra, 188 Cal.App.4th at p. 1199.) It does not apply in this case.
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