Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 13, 2023

It’s a six-person jury, so not a felony. Could be a misdemeanor in some states.

That will be next for Bankman-Fried. I might actually read Sam’s book if there is one.

Your opposition hates you and has determined that you are a threat to them. Now they will find a prosecutor who can find a crime to charge you with and a judge who will declare you guilty regardless of whether you have committed the crime you are charged with or not.

For Trump, it is time to campaign.

As long as it’s done in an orderly fashion…

Judge: “May I be the first to get your autograph?”

Looks like another “win” for Bob Pyle.

I certainly hope all the men who are depicted in these different comics aren’t Wiley self-portraits.

Hank: if they were found guilty, then they would swing quickly, instead of writing books and being on TV

See Son of Sam Law.

Huh. You fergot the appeals, and re-appeals and mistrials and. . .

And they say crime doesn’t pay. It doesn’t except to political and financial crims. They don’t seem to see a lot of deterioration in their portfolios.

Search “American Jurisprudence “. It’s a set of books frequently used as source material for crime shows.

Who gets to play the defendant in the TV version?

When does he start grifting to pay the fine?

You can’t profit from crime via book and movie rights unless you are a politician. If you do make a deal, all the profits will go to your victims.

It’s a white American man. Nobody’s going to watch the movie. /s

And possible reelection. :(

How about the Murdaugh trial? Nobody said the court clerk couldn’t profit from the trial…even if she had to tweak the jury to get a good book ending.(Yeah. I know that he’s likely guilty but that doesn’t make jury tampering ok.)

Jury box office gold!

This is just about it! So many trials, so many books…eww

A book deal isn’t enough, hold out for the Netflix mini-series deal

Well, I see that the US Supreme Court has adopted its own code of ethics. Pardon my cynicism, but I suspect it’s because they’d rather have a toothless one of their own devising than whatever serious one Congress might have imposed on them.

I hope the popcorn machine goes bad at the big premiere

You’ve got to get your priorities right ..