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Old 11-06-2004, 11:48 AM   #19
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Unhappy Interesting testimony

Thanks for the link. I had 36 mins to kill so I listened to it and I must say my initial reaction was to think that the inmates are running the asylum. There was 1 judge who admitted to knowing nothing aboout boats trying to adjudicate something wherein knowledge of boating was important. There was 1 judge who was trying to figure out if any & all cases wherein a boat collides with another would be considered criminal negligence by the state.
The attorney for the prosecution seemed to stumble upon the crux of her argument on this point but then seeming forgot about it to continually plead/whine about someother (IMHO) unimportant, or at least non-relevant, point. The defense attorney was, well what can you say, a stereotypical defense attorney. Not exactly a cogent, rational discussion on whether the trial was flawed or not.
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