Doreen Rappaport, The Alger Hiss Trial,
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Doreen Rappaport, The Alger Hiss Trial,
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The Prosecution's Opening Statement An opening statement reviews the crime and summarizes what the prosecutor hopes to prove. Prosecutors hope their openings are effective, because they want to impress the jury even at this early moment in the trial. Forty-three-year-old Thomas Francis Murphy was tall, with massive shoulders, long arms and legs, and a walrus mustache that covered much of his upper lip. As assistant U.S. attorney for seven years, he had