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Complete Question Explanation
The correct answer choice is (B).
As noted in the passage, ' “Stealing thunder” is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer’s revealing negative information
about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. ' Thus, we need an answer that contains an early reveal of information damaging to one's own client, and under a condition where it is expected the other party will reveal it at some point.
Answer choice (A): This is not about one's own client, and thus does not qualify.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer. The information here would be damaging to one's client (note the reference to "defense" here), and is something that would be expected to come up at some point in the trial due to the closely related nature of the topics.
Answer choice (C): This is a response to the opponent's reveal of information, and doesn't meet the "reveal first" conditions for stealing thunder.
Answer choice (D): This is not about one's own client, and thus does not qualify.
Answer choice (E): This is the second best answer among the choices, but this also doesn't qualify because the guilt aspect here is not something the opposition can "reveal" first in most cases (because that's usually what is being determined). And when they can, it's because the case accept guilt as a fact and is instead about degrees of guilt or intent, such as in, "Yes, my client did kill Mr. Jones, but that was because Mr. Jones was an intruder and was waving a gun at my client." That makes the strategy described here is more like a "mercy of the court" or "reasonable action" strategy of simply admitting fault but asking for forgiveness/exoneration due to extenuating circumstances.
The correct answer choice is (B).
As noted in the passage, ' “Stealing thunder” is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer’s revealing negative information
about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. ' Thus, we need an answer that contains an early reveal of information damaging to one's own client, and under a condition where it is expected the other party will reveal it at some point.
Answer choice (A): This is not about one's own client, and thus does not qualify.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer. The information here would be damaging to one's client (note the reference to "defense" here), and is something that would be expected to come up at some point in the trial due to the closely related nature of the topics.
Answer choice (C): This is a response to the opponent's reveal of information, and doesn't meet the "reveal first" conditions for stealing thunder.
Answer choice (D): This is not about one's own client, and thus does not qualify.
Answer choice (E): This is the second best answer among the choices, but this also doesn't qualify because the guilt aspect here is not something the opposition can "reveal" first in most cases (because that's usually what is being determined). And when they can, it's because the case accept guilt as a fact and is instead about degrees of guilt or intent, such as in, "Yes, my client did kill Mr. Jones, but that was because Mr. Jones was an intruder and was waving a gun at my client." That makes the strategy described here is more like a "mercy of the court" or "reasonable action" strategy of simply admitting fault but asking for forgiveness/exoneration due to extenuating circumstances.
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