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Tue 31 Jul, 2007 09:08 am
The Asst. State Attorney in my courtroom has a great question to differentiate between people who can see the difference between those two things.
Her question is scenario based:
A man has just purchased a bright orange laptop with his initials engraved on it. He leaves it in his backseat of his conversatable for 10 minutes and returns to the vehicle to find it missing.
He reports it and officers a few blocks over see another man carrying what appears to be said laptop. They inquire.
He replies that as he was walking along, someone must have thrown the laptop out of the window becaue he caugh it as he was walking under the window.
I am always AMAZED at the # of people that see this as an occurence that REASONABLY could have occurred. These people never make it to the Petit Jury, but their out there...VOTING...TEACHING...
*shaking my head*
I always want to scream "most things are possible you cretins, but this isn't REASONABLE!!!"
My Judge has informed that I'm not allowed to call the citizenry 'cretins' in Court.
Effective v Efficient.
You can kill a fly with a shotgun. Effective. Very Effective
You can swat it with a flyswatter. Efficient (also effective)
Hey, Onyxella! Always glad to see you back.
*shaking my head in sympathy*
I can think of a few threads around here where that question should be asked.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Coolwhip wrote:Innocent until proven guilty.
right, but this is a good thing, generally speaking.
Unfortunately, this is one of those days when I feel a great affinity with Mrs. Rube Goldberg.
Mr. Noddy has plans!
Mr. Noddy has a workshop in one half of the garage. Evidently his present project involves both air conditioning and pounding.
Onyxelle--
I remember a newspaper story of a not-to-bright rapist who wanted the jury to understand that someone had stolen his sneakers and cigarette butts to leave false evidence at the scene of the rape and beating. Then "someone" returned the bloody sneakers to his room.
He'd been framed.
From Newsweek, "Newsmakers" department:
A family member of Lindsay Lohan explained that the cocaine found after her latest DUI arrest wasn't hers. "Lindsay wasn't sure whose clothes she was wearing."
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