you fail at the trial advocacy.

[faceless_wonder]

above the law has an article this morning about the most shortbustastic defense evidence i've heard about in a while.

a father in new york is on trial for killing his seven-year-old stepdaughter. the defense entered as evidence a picture of a "world's greatest dad" coffee mug that she bought him for father's day.

i'll be nice. i'll give you a chance to pick your jaw up from the floor. take your time, then read on.

part of me was wondering why the prosecution didn't get the picture of the mug kept out of evidence on relevance grounds. but...letting it in is a masterstroke on the part of the prosecution! it's obvious to any person with some grey matter between their ears that this mug is very, very thin evidence. the prosecution can keep going back to commenting that the defense is so desperate that they would enter such a meaninglessly declaratory piece of evidence, and keep taking jabs that he's anything but the world's greatest dad.

the defense attorney should have thought of that before doing something so ridiculous.

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[mrvoid.livejournal.com]

I just desperately want to picture a very stern, serious looking judge rubbing his chin, and saying, "the mug does make a good point."

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

for some reason, my mental image of that suggestion shows Dr. Hibbert from the Simpsons as the judge.

i'm weird.

[mrvoid.livejournal.com]

That's okay. I'm picturing Judge Reinhold.

[agent-alpo.livejournal.com]

*blinks* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Every man I know who has a child or step-child that he has even the slightest bit of contact with owns some kind of "World's Greatest Dad" or "#1 Dad" mug or t-shirt or something. Doesn't make it the truth.

Wow. I wonder if that idiotic evidence would give the defendant grounds to appeal due to inadequate counsel. LOL!