It reminded me of a story I saw in a newspaper... in which a police officer was being questioned by a defendant's attorney... about the reliability of several events the officer claimed to have witnessed...
The attorney asked the officer, 'How far can you see?'
And the officer replied, 'On a clear night, I can see clear to the moon...' which was obviously not the kind of response the attorney wanted...
This made me think about the time I was selected to be on a capital murder jury...
It was a horrific event... these three young thugs robbed an 85-year old man of $5.00 in order to go buy a bit of crack cocaine... and in the process of getting this $5.00, they felt it necessary to beat the little man to death with a pipe... they stopped at his house... and lured him out to 'look at something in the back of their pickup that they wanted to sell...' and when they got him out there, they killed him.
The little man's body was discovered by his family... he had been dumped in a ditch... and there were several witnesses that were able to give the Sheriff's department enough information so that they knew who they were looking for...
The arresting deputy sheriff was being questioned by the defendant's attorney about the capture and arrest of his client...
The deputy had testified that the pick-up he was chasing hit some loose gravel and spun out of control... and that one of the individuals in the pick-up got out of the vehicle and turned and faced him...
'What did he do when he turned and faced you?' the attorney asked.
'He drew a pistol... aimed at me... and said "shoot me... shoot me, you mother-fucker!!" '
'And what did you do then?' (you could see this coming)
The deputy... as cool as could be... said... 'I shot him!!!'
The court room burst into laughter... as the comment was funny... but the case wasn't...
I personally wish the deputy's aim had been better... the individual who beat the little man to death... who was later shot by the deputy... was found guilty and sentenced to life-without-parole'...
Since he's been in prison, he has killed another inmate... this fellow is just evil...
~shoes~
People who target senior citizens have a special place in Hell just for them. People can make me sick sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSometimes there is no justice on this earth...
ReplyDeleteWow, what a funny story that turned so shocking! However, I believe, like Senorita, that this man's day will, inevitably, come!!
ReplyDeletetoo bad the deputy didn't kill him. people like that don't deserve life in prison.
ReplyDelete@ Senorita... I agree... those who target senior citizens... and those who target kids...
ReplyDelete@ Secretia... you are right... I've always been more of a supporter of 'Hammurabi's Code'...
@ Anything Fits... yeah... that was the irony of the moment to me... in that here was something that was humorous... in an environment where nothing was really funny...
@ Jaime... I agree... its like my definition of 'gun control' being when I use both hands...
~shoes~