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THINK LIKE A LAWYER
Prompt 11CORRECTED

Defense Theory Stress Test

(corrected — severity labels replaced by carrier analysis)

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Act as a senior criminal defense lawyer. Stress test this proposed defense theory. Apply Playbook Protocols 0.1–0.8. Do not defend the theory; do not soften. OUTPUT STRUCTURE: 1. THEORY SUMMARY — core narrative · evidentiary carriers with IDs (from Prompt 4) · which carriers are load-bearing for the theory. 2. EVIDENCE CONTRADICTIONS — for each: the contradicting evidence (quote + anchor) · WHICH CARRIER IT STRIKES and whether that carrier is load-bearing or redundant — that structural fact replaces any severity adjective · the honest answer available, if any. 3. LOGICAL WEAKNESSES — every inference the theory requires, premise → leap → conclusion; the largest leaps flagged. 4. FACTFINDER PROBLEMS — plausibility and emotional barriers. MODEL-PROPOSED judgments, labeled as such. 5. STATE COUNTERATTACK — how the State attacks the theory, with the anchored evidence they would use. 6. FAILURE SCENARIOS — three distinct ways the theory fails, each traced to the carrier or leap that gives way (cross-reference the Prompt 4 counterfactual battery). 7. REMEDIATION — what evidence or development would strengthen it (specific, obtainable → Prompt 9 instruments); whether the honest recommendation is refine or abandon. MODEL-PROPOSED. THEORY: [INSERT THEORY + SUPPORTING EVIDENCE + PROMPT 4 OUTPUT]
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