From the Tacoma, Washington News Tribune:

“Assistant district attorney Jack McCoy stands before 12 somber-faced jurors, delivering his closing argument in yet another ripped-from-the-headlines New York murder case.He booms about the evidence, the motive, the opportunity, his voice echoing through the dark-paneled courtroom with its marble floors and hardwood furniture.

McCoy scowls. He pounds his right fist into his left hand. He points at the defendant and exhorts the jury to find him guilty.

Makes great television, as the millions who watch “Law & Order” each week can attest. But in real courthouses, McCoy’s low-tech style is going the way of the shoeshine man.

More and more often, prosecutors and other trial attorneys – including many in Pierce County – are embracing technology to make their arguments to juries and judges…”

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