Overview
Sarah Walters said the fraud trial of former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli was unusual because the government typically uses victim testimony to “get into the consequences: Did you lose your house? Did you have to go into your retirement savings? This is flipped,” Ms. Walters continued, because the defense is “spending a lot of time on, ‘What’s the ultimate effect on you [the jury]?’ It means prosecutors must show jurors “why they should care.”
