You Know its a Bad Day when

[DFWPI]

I hate that bs. They should have to serve how much time the innocent party would have served had he been wrongly convicted

It is a lot more common than most people think. And since I've "gone to the dark side" working for criminal defense attorneys, I have seen where some of this could have been avoided, but thats another story.

I worked a sexual assault case and family violence assault several months ago. The guy was looking at a life sentence and he told me, he was a hard nosed criminal but had served his time for previous convictions, that if he went for life so be it, but he didn't want to do life for a crime he didn't commit. I checked into his story because nobody else would, and during an interview with the alleged victim, she told me it really didn't happen, and she made up the story because he had been unfaithful to her by sleeping with her friend. Mind you, this was some "girlfriend" he had started to date a couple of months prior, and she felt cheated on so she wanted to make him pay.

[rtp]

I hate that bs. They should have to serve how much time the innocent party would have served had he been wrongly convicted

And pay all his attorney fees. It might make people think twice about fabricating BS.

[Playa]

Never ask a question you don't know the answer to.

[systemnt]

Never ask a question you don't know the answer to.

Good rule to live by... but it needs updating..

Never ask a question to a woman you don't know the answer to and you arent 100% sure she will answer it the way she told you she would earlier. ... oh, and never trust a woman to do what she says she would do.... ever.... and.. never date a woman with an adams apple...

[Playa]

Good rule to live by... but it needs updating..

I think I learned that in Law 101, can't remember if that was Dr. P Mason or Prof Matlock's class!

[Terry]

If you are a prosecutor, especially at the State level, you will ask questions not "knowing" what the answer will be. Defendants are not required to provide reciprocal discovery, witness lists etc. It is different at the Federal level which allows for reciprocal discovery. Now you should know the answers of your own witnesses

[systemnt]

If you are a prosecutor, especially at the State level, you will ask questions not "knowing" what the answer will be. Defendants are not required to provide reciprocal discovery, witness lists etc. It is different at the Federal level which allows for reciprocal discovery. Now you should know the answers of your own witnesses

I would think if it happened 5 minutes into the trial.. it was a prosecution witness

[DFWPI]

I would think if it happened 5 minutes into the trial.. it was a prosecution witness

It was

[SwampRabbit]

Ouch... that hurts. Do you at least have some depositions you can fall back on to cover your tush for proceeding with the trial based on this person's testimony?

I mean, nobody could hardly blame you if she lied to you previously under oath during a deposition.

[Terry]

It can happen, one time had a store clerk recant his identification of the robber during trial. Had other witnesses but had my investigator watch the clerk in the waiting area. Finally determined the clerk was receiving "personal attention" from the defendants sister. That was better than an ID.

[DFWPI]

I was.the private investigator on the case for the defense. It worked.out great for us, no felony conviction and no prison time.

[txlawdog]

I learned a long time ago, you can't pick your victim or your witnesses, your stuck with what you have. Just have to make the best of it.

[DFWPI]

True

I learned a long time ago, you can't pick your victim or your witnesses, your stuck with what you have. Just have to make the best of it.

So true on so many levels, and been there, done that, and got a dozen tee shirts for it. BUT, there are some out there that need to do a job before it even got as far as it did, and nobody did.