Subject: Who Is Trustworthy
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sat May 04 2002 - 02:37:22 EDT
"Defending Satan"
A Chicago lawyer named George successfully
defends a major crime lord from charges of
dealing drugs, racketeering, murder, kidnapping,
and selling arms.
As he is leaving the courtroom, an indignant
old woman grabs him by the arm. "Young man,
where are your Christian scruples? I believe
you would defend Satan himself!"
"I don't know," George says,... "what has your
kid done?"
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"Who Is Trustworthy?"
A defense attorney was cross-examining a
police officer during a felony trial. It went like
this:
Q: Officer, did you see my client fleeing the
scene?
A: No sir, but I subsequently observed a person
matching the description of the offender running
several blocks away.
Q: Officer, who provided this description?
A: The officer who responded to the scene.
Q: A fellow officer provided the description of
this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow
officers?
A: Yes sir, with my life.
Q: WITH YOUR LIFE? Let me ask you this, then,
officer -- do you have a locker room in the police
station -- a room where you change your clothes
in preparation for your daily duties?
A: Yes sir, we do.
Q: And do you have a locker in that room?
A: Yes sir, I do.
Q: And do you have a lock on your locker?
A: Yes sir.
Q: Now why is it, officer, IF YOU TRUST YOUR
FELLOW OFFICERS WITH YOUR LIFE, that
you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room
you share with those officers?
A: You see, sir, we share the building with a court
complex, and sometimes defense attorneys have
been known to walk through that room.
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