Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 15, 2014

Yeah…..that works.

Hey, it works in Tombstone, doesn’t it?

The story you’re about to hear is true. No names have been changed to protect anybody because we believe the dirty rotten slimeballs should get the punishment they deserve. Bam-de-dum-dum.

…jury of peers…? shouldn’t HE be tried by men? Because women obviously think they are superior to men re: womens lib. Therefore if males are not the peers of females, let men pass judgment on men and let women pass judgment on women. That sounds fair and equal.

I dunno — if I were a pretty girl, I think I would prefer a male jury. And conversely…. Might depend on the charge.

cue music

He had it comingHe had it comingHe only had himself to blame

If you’d have been thereIf you’d have seen itI betcha you would have done the same!

end music

(“Cell Block Tango” from the musical, “Chicago.”)

As we were told many times “You are entitled to have enlisted personnel on your jury in a Court Marshall, but be aware they will most likely be Senior Enlisted (24+ years in service) and might be inclined to convict more than a board of all officers”. This is because the officers are more likely to be judging the convener of the court than you, while the enlisted are going to be scrutinizing you and your actions.

Slam drunk case.

All hail the woman’s club. That’s it there, exhibit A….

There was a time when domestic violence was NEVER prosecuted.

There was a time when domestic violence was NEVER prosecuted.

@wrwallaceii

The woman is on trial not the man. She plead “Not Guilty because he deserved it”.

t’would be different if we had peers of the victim instead of peers of the accused.

I’ll bet they pin the rap on him.

I’m surprised her attorney isn’t female (or the judge).

Oh, what about the rich kid who is free while they buried the people he killed but cannot recall because he had passed out while driving inebriated?

The attorney is good, but if the judge had been female and had a rolling pin instead of a gavel…

Forum shopping is difficult while representing the Defendant, but not impossible.

Sounds like an Old West defense; "Cause he needed killin’ "

They’re gonna’ roll all over him…

Who is really on trial here? The charges were brought against the female, but it is really the male who is being judged by the defendant and the jury.

Clark Kent: “But military band music has improved.” Georges Clemenceau

I wish Jack Webb was still alive….I’d love to hear him tell a secretary, “Just the fax, Ma’am”……..BTW, I’m pretty sure some of the male posters here don’t have many close women friends….It’s like they don’t even know women….

maybe the verdict should be…Divorce granted.

I believe you missed the point, wrwallaceii: it’s the woman who is on trial.

-Does anyone ever ask: WHY did she hook up with – and/or put up with – the guy in the first place?-Your question is just a fancier version of the ‘why do you stay if he hits you?’ question that is asked, over and over again, when an abused spouse finally acts against an abuser.-If you are serious, there are studies you can look at that explain how victims of crime come to feel that they do, indeed ‘deserve’ their torment (and there is the syndrome identified as ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, where kidnap victims came to identify more with their kidnappes than those trying to rescue them.)-There are also studies showing that those who put up with abuse do so because they grew up in a home where that was the case, so they instinctively feel that there is no other way to be. And there are studies showing that the abused person only acts when the abuser turns on a child, and they want to protect that child.

- But I suspect you aren’t serious and are only looking for that simple judgment that says ’ don’t think about why someone would stay, just accept that the abuser can never change and it is totally the responsibility of the abused to self rescue, even when the abuser has threatened to kill if that eer happens…’

-How many women today even know what a rolling pin is?

-A lot more than men, unless they happen to be pastry chefs…

A Grand Jury simply determines if there is probable cause to prosecute the defendant. The Grand Jury can ask questions of the DA but does not initiate an investigation nor does it convict. I just finished three months on a local Grand Jury.

Just one thing wrong with the picture: the drunken slob, jerk face looks like a drunken slob, jerk face. He should be there, clean-shaven in a suit complete with neck-brace and arm sling.

And if that doesn’t work, he could try a boy scout uniform.

OK, so you don’t suffer from dyslexia.

She went temporarily sane….yeah! that’s the ticket!

arby.bargy, point well taken…..

argy.bargy2: The Stockholm syndrome is slightly different. As time passes there is a growing fear that “rescue” will come in shooting and what saves the captors might well save the captives too.

Ah, yes mission accomplished. great discussion, great fun.