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11-21-2006, 10:44 PM
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 I hope I didn't offend any lawyers out there - I wasn't trying to. It always surprises me to be called "too objective" by a lawyer though. How can one be "too" objective? Kathleen
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It all sometimes leads to funny situations. Here a few courtroom transcripts, I don't know if they're real, but they're funny anyway so here goes : ---------- - Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated? - By death. - And by whose death was it terminated? * - Doctor, did you say he was shot in the woods? - No, I said he was shot in the lumbar region. * - What is your name? - Ernestine McDowell. - And what is your marital status? - Fair. * - Now, doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn't know anything about it until the next morning? * - Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war? * The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? * - I show you exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture. -That's me. - Were you present when that picture was taken? * - So you were gone until you returned? * - She had three children, right? - Yes. - How many were boys? - None. - Any girls? * - You don't know what it was, and you didn't know what it looked like, but can you describe it? * - You say that the stairs went down to the basement? -Yes. - And these stairs, did they go up also? * Were you alone or by yourself. * Do you have any children or anything of that kind? * - Have you lived in this town all your life? - Not yet. * - Do you recall approximately the time that you examined the body of Mr. Edington at the rose Chapel? - It was in the evening. The autopsy started about 8:30 p.m. -And Mr. Eddington was dead at the time, is that correct? * - How long have you been a French Canadian? * - Are you married? - No, I'm divorced. - And what did your husband do before you divorced him? - A lot of things I didn't know about. * - And who is this person you are speaking of? - My ex-widow. * - Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in? --------------- Ponrauil
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11-23-2006, 02:37 PM
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how does your court proceedings work then is it a judge or bunch of judges who decide? one woman on the jury yesterday after it said to me: this just furthers my belief that we should have professional jurors instead of members of the public sitting on juries. this was of course her implying that the jury was wrong as we'd passed a different verdict to what she wanted. i felt like strangling her as she kept saying: i think X is happened but it's not necesarilly wrong is it? I don't know how many times I had to explain to her that by the letter of the law X is illegal wether she think's it's right or wrong. she also said she thought the accused might not have been thinking straight through drink so you can't blame him. I asked if I'd get away with murdering someone later that night if I left the pub drunk and decided to stab someone.... maybe if they let idiots like that on the jury she might have a point. another woman on the jury the previous day would have got us a deicision then and there so we could return the verdict and go home but she said: i think he's guilty but i feel sorry for him so i don't want to vote!!!!!!!! seriously man how ridiculous a statement is that? if you think he's guilty THEN HE'S GUILTY YOU MORON you can't bring any subjective feelings into it. It was pretty interesting if sometimes infuriating watching the differences between the men and women on the jury. sociology at work.
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