tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8921760770143622502..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Here’s Why You Never Run With Scissors…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9225572407707084762010-06-18T05:22:02.896+01:002010-06-18T05:22:02.896+01:00"And yet he still believed he could bluff his...<i>"And yet he still believed he could bluff his way through the trial."</i> <br /><br />It must work often enough that the gamble is worth it.<br /><br />And as Jiks points out, it doesn't cost them anything...<br /><br /><i>"A good old English name, that..."</i> <br /><br />I suspect 'Eastern European supply teacher'.<br /><br /><i>"A good lawyer never lets the facts get in the way of a good defence."</i><br /><br />So do the bad ones! ;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-10238860760116151962010-06-17T18:28:08.468+01:002010-06-17T18:28:08.468+01:00A good lawyer never lets the facts get in the way ...A good lawyer never lets the facts get in the way of a good defence.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-25578974880399558842010-06-17T17:37:09.464+01:002010-06-17T17:37:09.464+01:00A close friend of mine used to be a "Prison E...A close friend of mine used to be a "Prison Escort", transporting prisoners to and from court, etc.<br /><br />She had many a tale of juries believing the most utterly implausable defences. Even if literally caught red-handed it is well worth a roll of the dice it seems, after all "it's free innit?"Jiksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18496131020551504192010-06-17T14:02:48.235+01:002010-06-17T14:02:48.235+01:00A good old English name, that...A good old English name, that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29696262896281105032010-06-17T13:59:49.183+01:002010-06-17T13:59:49.183+01:00Hope springs eternal.
The first case I ever tried...Hope springs eternal.<br /><br />The first case I ever tried as a juror (sounds rather grand, that, doesn't it?) was for murder and rape. I don't know whether he had admitted the underlying robbery or whether they didn't think it worth bothering with.<br /><br />The victim's credit card was found torn up and stuffed down between the floorboards of his bedroom, his semen was identified on/in her body, the knife was found in his back garden, and so on <i>ad tedium</i>.<br /><br />And yet he still believed he could bluff his way through the trial.Edwin Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639193560457674072noreply@blogger.com