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In the News Texas CRIMInal defense & Federal Criminal Lawyers Dallas attorney Jay Ethington has represented approximately 30 professional athletes, including Roy Tarpley and Michael Irvin, and he gives the theory some credibility. “I think jurors favor celebrities to a small extent,” says Ethington, who also was a prosecutor for 10 years. “Here’s why: They want to give the appearance of fairness that they might not in a normal trial.”
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