Find an unconventional angle on the case
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From: Prosecution of (Trial)
The jury might appreciate a bit of novelty.
Game Instructions: Success here will somewhat increase the prestige – and difficulty – of the case.
Unlocked with 
Progress of a Trial exactly 1
Challenge information
- 120 - very chancy (41%)
- 149 - chancy (51%)
- 178 - modest (61%)
- 208 - very modest (71%)
- 237 - low-risk (81%)
- 266 - straightforward (91%)
- 292 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Unusual circumstances
An obscure point of jurisprudence? Asserting that the laws of causality are in contempt of court? Claiming that the accused does not, in fact, exist? You're going to make this a case to remember.
Watchful is increasing…
Examination of the witnesses is to begin. (Sets 
Progress of a Trial to 2)
You've gained 1 x Prestige of a Legal Case
Failure
Seen through
Your attempt to argue that the defendant is actually a goat and as such should not be eligible for trial holds no water whatsoever with the judge, who has tried no fewer than ten.
- Watchful is increasing…
- Examination of the witnesses is to begin. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 2)
