Ladies and gentlemen, you just heard the district attorney list Nick Romano's past vices, his excesses, his crimes, none of which have any bearing on the charges here today.

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- Social worker... good.

- Grandmother... firm believer in the gentle Christ... good.

- Jewish refugee, ex-professor, naturalized. He'll know about persecution and slums.

- Truck driver... Plays chess... good.

- Mix them well and shake before using.

- Ladies and gentlemen, you just heard the district attorney list Nick Romano's past vices, his excesses, his crimes, none of which have any bearing on the charges here today.

- They're not pertinent. They are pertinent, however, in another sense.

- They pertain to, who is Nick Romano? Why is Nick Romano? What is Nick Romano?

- Perhaps more than anybody in this courtroom, I know the answer. Perhaps more than anybody else, I'm to blame for that answer.

- With the state's permission, I'd like to take a little time to more fully explain what I mean.

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