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Reel 3A- continued
5. Cooper: Address Jury as to points to consider when deciding whether to use death penalty - talked about how terrible Gaynor's life was to get sympathy from the jury.
Explained what the death penalty actually is - description of gas chamber - this is what she would do if she had time
[[left margin]] -changed sides [[/left margin]]
6. Presentor asked "jury members" what they would do in this case
7. Were there any remarks in pros. remarks that she (defense) would object to ? Cooper didn't feel this was a good case to ask for death penalty. Felt pros. argument was to mild.
8. Pros asked whether he would ask for death penalty in case like this - said it would be hard
9. Remarks from judge - defense would not have written out closing arguments - would have been more emotional
10. Questions from audience