Posted on 07/10/2004 3:22:08 PM PDT by Pokey78
He throws like a little girl!
Juries are made up of people too stupid and/or too bored to get out of jury duty.
A few years ago, I did such a good job of making sure that I wouldn't be impaneled (for a drug dealing case), that I was probably the only person in that Manhattan courtroom who never got called up to be questioned the rest of my time on jury duty. I think they pulled my name out of the pool. :)
LOLOLOL !
I agree--that sentence alone is amazing. I write for a living and lines like that make me green with envy.
My out of jury duty is telling the God's honest truth that I have good cause to distrust "eyewitness" testimony. The fact is I don't believe most eyewitnesses. (I'll believe maybe a cop or an ER nurse, someone used to functioning under pressure)
Three times eyewitnesses have pointed to me and said "it was him". Three times I would have been in a world of hurt if I hadn't happened to have an alibi.
The first time I had 400 people who knew where i was at the time.
The second time I had documentary (time stamped) proof of my whereabouts as well as 10 co-workers word.
The third time the initial report description was so violently divergent from my height, weight, age, length of hair (crewcut verses my shoulder length hair on a week old complaint!!!) that the cop just said forget it!
"Eyewitness" my ARSE!!!!!!! So far I havent served.
"There are two Americas," said Conan O'Brien on CBS. "Unfortunately for Edwards, neither one voted for him."
ROTFLMAO
My new tagline!
Regards,
TS
There's a surprise.
Sounds like Edwards, was able to seperate himself from the "other America" , the America where his Dad worked in a textile mill to put his son thru College. An America, where he was able to seperate himself from his Dad's "other America" by suing others and taking their wealth. Is this a Great Country or what. Guess Edwards does not appreciate , what America is all about.
"Wellll, ya see, there's a explanation for all that, ya see, Mama, I mean, Granny, that's right, Granny, was allergical to the possum stew, on account of they put the, uh, uh, cumin, that's right, the cumin in there, an soon as they put it down on the table, Granny started up havin the fits and by the time little Lester done run cross the road to fetch some smellin salts for Granny, why, the place was fixin to close, so you see, we carried Granny right on out of there and done left, you see."
BTTT
Hey now!!!!
I'm glad that the Telegraph readers will get the straight scoop on Edwards.
You are a "trial lawyer" if you go to court. "Plaintiff's attorneys DO the suing. Other attorneys are there to defend their client, who is being sued.
"My out of jury duty is telling the God's honest truth that I have good cause to distrust "eyewitness" testimony. The fact is I don't believe most eyewitnesses. (I'll believe maybe a cop or an ER nurse, someone used to functioning under pressure)"
Being quizzed as a prospective juror for a 1st degree murder trial in Ohio about 30 years ago, I was asked by defense counsel if I would believe the testimony of a cop because he was a cop. My reply was, No, I would have to weigh his testimony just like anyone else who was testifying. I sat on that jury. As it turned out, there was a conviction in spite of police and expert witness bungling. We even found evidence from the physical evidence that we examined during deliberation that "did not exist" based on testimony of experts and arguments of counsel.
All we need is another Lawyer-dominated administration.
Hey, that's my line. Heh heh heh...
FMCDH(BITS)
I'm never the first arrival at the scene of the crime, but I was this time, so that was the first thing that occurred to me.
A little limp in the wrist, isn't he?
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