and why lawyers wonder why some folks

[mbossman2]

look at them askance:

Lawyer argues sex with dead deer not crime

BY MARIA LOCKWOOD, SUPERIOR DAILY TELEGRAM,
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

Prosecution of a Douglas County case involving alleged sexual contact with a dead deer may hinge on the legal definition of the word “animal.”

Article (http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=28526&section=News&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=6311433&CFTOKEN=41746168&jsessionid=8830ae0f06702215b5e2)

[troysvihl]

lol. That's a rough case. I feel sorry for the attorney. He's probably a public defender stuck with a client that refuses to plead out.

Sounds like he's got a decent shot with that argument thought.

[Computer Hobby]

That is a matter of state law. It is also sick. The guy needs time in the loony bin.

[jedi_knight01]

He needs to meet bubba in the local prison....

[troysvihl]

Yeah, I've got to say that I've seen plenty of dead deer on the side of the road. And not once have I think to myself, "Boy, that rotting carcass is turning me on! I could really go for some of that!"

[mbossman2]

question for the counselors:

OK, i think that the spirit of the law surely meant to cover such weird and twisted behavior but the letter of the law, based upon his attorney's argument, does not. Which is more important, the letter or the spirit of the law? or is that a mutable thing depending upon the situation and your role in the case?

[mbossman2]

Yeah, I've got to say that I've seen plenty of dead deer on the side of the road. And not once have I think to myself, "Boy, that rotting carcass is turning me on! I could really go for some of that!"

I am pretty sure that I can't imagine the amount beer necessary to even think such a thought...much less act upon it.






...and I can imagine an awful lot of beer.

[Computer Hobby]

I don't know bossman, but when I went to law school they taught us that a prosecutor had to prove all the elements of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt and the sentence couldn't differ from the range of possible sentences found in a statute passed by the legislature. If the prosecutor couldn't prove any one of the elements the defendant walked.

But as Bush tells us 9/11 changes everything. I guess given the Bush Doctrine, the Unitary Executive and all, if the President or one of his minions feels icky about this moron masterbating into a dead piece of meat, he can declare him an enemy combatant and make him disappear.

The truth is it is hard to prove a crime because the founders didn't want people just making it up as they went along.