Brownlee enjoyed presenting his evidence at the press conference, unfolding his podium against a staggering backdrop of documents amassed by Gregg Wood, the stoic prosecutors Randy Ramseyer and Rick Mountcastle, and scores of others recruited to the team—all of whom stood to his right. To his left sat an assortment of evidence culled from the two thousand cardboard containers they’d filled with documents, depositions, and data. The boxes were lined up in columns four to five feet high. For added visual effect, Brownlee displayed falsified charts created by Purdue that had claimed “smooth and
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