Post Ahri29LKda8P3Tw6Ge by Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #Ahri26oI3SW3CQSgUK by Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social
       2024-05-14T00:10:58Z
       
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       When the prosecution rests in the Manhattan case, I plan to read the transcripts so far looking for evidence that supports the elements of particular crimes.This is my thing: Reading trial transcripts. My job was reading trial transcripts looking for appealable errors.Shall I tell you my favorite moment in a transcript?The defendant (yes, my client) walked in to court with baggy pants. The judge (a woman) was offended and angry. She thought the defendant was disrespecting her.1/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ahri27kmXzIu7ppOeu by Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social
       2024-05-14T00:15:45Z
       
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       She was so angry that the prosecutor felt bad for the young man and came to his defense. (It's hard to read emotion in a transcript, but she was obviously furious for the prosecutor to come to his defense.)First the defense lawyer tried to explain that it was (unfortunately) the current fashion. The prosecutor confirmed that it is a fashion.The judge said, "Well. It's a fashion felony." (Reading it, I could allmost 'hear' her  sputtering.)I adopted the phrase "fashion felony."2/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ahri28bFOvGskYNIR6 by drgeraint@glasgow.social
       2024-05-14T00:36:09Z
       
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       @Teri_Kanefield Are judges really that shallow? Does a defendant's dress matter more than what they did, and why?
       
 (DIR) Post #Ahri29LKda8P3Tw6Ge by Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social
       2024-05-14T00:18:58Z
       
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       (I know. He shouldn't have been in court in baggy pants. I assume that the trial lawyer learned to explain things like that ahead of time.)They were probably very, very baggy, I assume indecently baggy.3/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ahrk2YuRmY9YFwgYKm by nikatjef@mastodon.acm.org
       2024-05-14T00:58:38Z
       
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       @drgeraint @Teri_Kanefield Some judges, yes.  Actually saw a judge, on youtube today, that reprimanded a defendant for wearing a Malcolm X shirt to court.