OK. This is kind of fucked up, but it caught up in my mind, and I just couldn't get rid of it. With that said, here is another perspective on the BTB scene. This is a rather short one, and there really isn't any comprehensive conclusion to it. It's just another brain fart from me.
The Juror:
Seriously? You will have to excuse my ignorance here, but I had always been under the impression that lawyers were supposed to be smart. Recent events, however, caused me to seriously reconsider that assumption. OK, to be fair, it wasn't really the defense attorney; it was the prosecution attorney that was just plain beyond stupid. I mean, don't they do background checks on the jury pool anymore?
OK, so I got a jury summons. Unlike the majority of the free citizens of this great country, I consider it to be my public duty. Think about it. If you are accused of a crime (especially if you are actually innocent) wouldn't you rather have the jury filled with people that took their responsibility seriously? Also, we live in the greatest country in history. Our Constitution and system of Democratic Republic gives us unprecedented freedoms that no other country has ever had before. We have more rights and freedoms than any other country on the planet. Yes, jury duty is a pain in the ass, but it is a small price to pay for what we have. One other note here. The company I work for (as with a lot of other companies in this country) pays me my full wage while I am on the jury. They also see it as a public obligation.
So, why do I think that the prosecuting attorney is an idiot? Simple. Three years ago, I went through a contentious divorce. My wife cheated on me several times. Bing an engineer, I did my homework. The divorce laws in this state meant that I was fucked. Divorce was the fucking a man got when his wife fucked everyone else. Instead of hiring the meanest shark in the state, I hired the sleaziest lawyer on the planet. I managed to hide 90% of our assets. I did OK, but I was left with the knowledge that the divorce laws in this state were totally unfair.
So, what does that have to do with anything? Simple. I am currently sitting on a jury where a man is on trial for second degree murder of his cheating wife and her lover. The stupid prosecutor never did a full background check on me, so he had no idea that I would think that the defendant's actions were completely reasonable.
The prosecutor's opening arguments did hint at the defendant's shock at walking in on his wife engaged in sex with another man, but it was heavily laced with the fact that sex outside of marriage was not a crime. It also stated that physical retaliation WAS a crime. He was being charged with second degree murder since both is wife and her lover died at his hands.
First witness: the responding officer. He was dispatched to the scene because of a call from a neighbor that heard the gunshot. Arriving on the scene, he saw thee the male victim had his penis and testicles violently removed, Furthermore, the female victim had a significant area of the vagina and surrounding areas pretty much vaporized by the shotgun blast. The defendant was still there, and a 12-gauge shotgun was located beside the foot of the bed, He had been dispatched to the home because a neighbor heard the gunshot. The officer described the scene in graphic detail, and his report was entered into evidence. He described arriving at the scene to find the defendant calmly sitting in a chair at the foot of the bed with a shotgun leaning up against the wall.
The coroner was next on the stand. He described the wounds and the medical terminology. Basically. His genital region was vaporized. A 12-guage shotgun loaded with buckshot will do that. Her injuries were similar. Unfortunately for her, she was locked into coitus when his cock and balls were violently removed. The issue with her was that the soft tissue from his crotch did not in any way slow down the numerous projectiles escaped the barrel of the shotgun. They simply continued on unimpeded shredding her soft tissue and continued along their pre-arranged path. The result was that her vagina and surrounding tissue was basically shredded.
The EMT from the ambulance was next on the stand. He described the injuries and the heroic, but vain measures used to save the two victims. She was pronounced dead at the scene. He didn't survive the ambulance ride. There was just too much blood loss for both of them.
Other witnesses were called to clarify the events. Doctors, the medical examiner, etc. all explained in great detail how the two unfortunate victims died at the hands of the defendant. More witnesses were called to try and sway sympathy for the victims. Her parents, her sister, coworkers, etc. Sure, she cheated on her husband, but was that a death sentence?
Finally, the prosecution rested. The defense began their turn. That mainly consisted of friends and family telling what a loving and gentle man he was. Surely, this was an aberration brought on m by the stress of finding his loving wife in the arms and bed of another man. Of course, all this was simply meant to mitigate the disaster that was unfolding. Everyone knew that he was facing several years in prison. They were just trying now to reduce the charges.
"All for guilty? "The jury foreman asked. 11 hands went up. "Opposed?' MY hand snaked into the air. "AGAIN." He shouted 11 to one. "We can't convict without a unanimous decision."
