Subject: Options
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Tue Jun 27 2000 - 10:53:38 EDT
"Options"
A prospective juror in a Dallas District Court was
surprised by the definition of voluntary manslaughter
given the panel: "An intentional killing that occurs
while the defendant is under the immediate influence
of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause,
such as when a spouse's mate is found in a
'compromising position.'"
"See, I have a problem with that passion business,"
responded one jury candidate. "During my first
marriage, I came in and found my husband in bed
with my neighbor. All I did was divorce him. I had
no idea that I could have shot him."
She wasn't selected for the jury.
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"Religious Wife"
One man was downing them faster than usual
when the man on the barstool next to him said,
"What's wrong?"
The first man said, "I'm drinking to the memory
of my wife. She was a saint on earth. She went
to church every single morning, spent her days
reading and quoting the Scriptures, sang hymns
and psalms all evening, filled our house with
religious statues and paintings, and invited
priests and nuns to dinner three times a week."
"She sounds like an angel," the second man
commented, "I suppose the good Lord took her
early to Himself."
"No," the first man replied. "I strangled her."
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