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Physical Evidence
The defendant's message on the wall of the boat
In rebuttal closing argument, Weinreb described the boat-wall message as coherent and written in the first person. He argued that it expressed the defendant's personal beliefs and characterized the possibility that it was written immediately upon entry as probable, not established.
About
Weinreb used the message to argue that the defendant expressed his own extremist convictions rather than merely following his brother, disputing the defense's argument about his state of mind.