In his ruling, U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy described the sound as ‘somewhere on the border between uncomfortable and painful’ to emphasize the distress caused by the recording. The judge mandated that lawyers apologize personally to residents, underscoring the inappropriate nature of their tactic to bolster a legal argument.
Termaine Hicks, who spent 19 years wrongfully imprisoned, brought the lawsuit against police officers and the city, alleging malfeasance in the framing of his case. The intensity of the scream used in the test raised ethical questions about the lawyers' methods, highlighting the human cost of legal strategies.
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