# Lawyers: Why would an innocent person avoid testifying?

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 6, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-why-would-an-innocent-person-avoid-testifying/694937 "2014-08-06T11:19:05Z")
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### Author: ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-why-would-an-innocent-person-avoid-testifying/694937/57 "2014-08-07T11:13:15Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Please stay strong; I like my juries like Kim Kardashian likes her men.😃

Black, conceited and dumb? I guess it depends on the crime.

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