Just think of the savings in time, expense and trouble to our judiciary system. Trials could be shortened to a matter of hours. The judge would call the court to order, the witness would tell what he/she saw and then the attorneys could go to the closing arguments. The trial would be over and justice would have been rendered. Remember...Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.
A perfect example is our Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. During the summer of 2006 she tried to walk around a metal detector in the Capital without her Congressional Lapel Pin and with a dramatically changed hairdo. A security guard tried to stop her and she struck him.
Now if you will go back and read the first paragraph of this foolishness, you will see that I wrote “one eyewitness”. I did not say “at least one eyewitness” or “a minimum of one eyewitness”. My foolishness is better thought out than that. More than one I saw-it-with-my-own-eyes testifier is asking for trouble.
In the case of Cynthia McKinney, we had at least three eyewitnesses quoted in the news article that broke the story…
- One said McKinney slapped the officer in the face.
- One said McKinney punched the officer in the chest.
- One said McKinney hit the officer with the cell phone she had in her hand.
Would I kid you?
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Your idea to simplify the legal process with a single eyewitness requirement has its advantages. But, as we saw in Cynthia McKinney’s case, more witnesses can create more problems. We should have some balance...enough witnesses to uncover the truth without getting bogged down in conflicting stories. For a minute there, I thought you were serious but see that you are being satirical...I've never been good at satire but youare.
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