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You don't have the luxury of getting into her psychology that way as a juror.

You're just sitting there.

Should not be held accountable.

Pay it back that she's guilty.

That's so interesting.

That's so interesting.

It's not what I would have guessed.

Judge Terry Crone of the Indiana Court of Appeals agreed.

Quote, from a moral standpoint, Caesar's predation and prosecution of a pathological gambler is repugnant, he wrote.

But it was two against one, and Judge Crone was in the minority.

The majority ruled that Bachman couldn't bring her counterclaim because, quote, there is no common law duty obliging a casino operator to refrain from attempting to entice or contact gamblers that it knows or should know are compulsive gamblers, unquote.

In other words, it's perfectly legal for Caesars to target an addicted gambler like Angie Bachman.

They might be wrong, but it's legal.

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This is Sarah Koenig.