Our local laundry...<br><b><i></i></b><br><blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><title>Murder Defendant Found Man to Win Case: Himself - washingtonpost.com</title> <style>a         { color:#0C4790; }a:link    { color:#0C4790; }a:visited { color:#0C4790; }a:active  { color:#CC0000; }a:hover   { color:#CC0000; }#header { padding-bottom:5px;border-bottom:1px solid #CCC;margin-bottom:5px; }#footer { font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt; }#footer #fine-print { padding-top:10px;color:#000;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold; }#sender { color:#000;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:12pt; }#message { padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt; }#message b { font-family:arial,sans-serif; }h1#headline { margin:0;padding:0;font-size:20px;font-family:arial,sans-serif; }#byline em { font-style:italic; }#blurb { }.dotted-spacer { padding-bottom:5px;border-bottom:1px dotted #CCC;margin-bottom:10px; }#most-emailed {
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 in the land: A man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.</div></div><div class="dotted-spacer"></div><div class="dotted-spacer"></div></div></blockquote><br><BR><BR><DIV>
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