Re: IBM bathroom patent symbolic of US patent ills

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim Hewitt" wrote:
>
> I've put it another way.  Based on my experience, if I were actually guilty
> of a crime, I'd want to be tried by a jury.  If I were innocent of the crime
> I was being tried for, then I would want to be tried by a judge who can
> think logically and not be confused by the way the lawyers manipulate the
> facts.

I've been called twice.  The first time I went in privately hoping that the
evidence would be lacking so we could send the defendants home.  The evidence
turned out to be overwhelming.  Guilty as charged.

The second time I listened to state's witnesses who were obviously lying
(claiming things that were physically impossible, such as "He threw a bottle
which broke my rear window and I found the bottle on the windowsill").  I
figured we'd set this guy free in a heartbeat.  We broke for lunch and when we
came back the judge informed us the defendant had accepted a plea bargain.  I
told the judge what I thought of the evidence.  Several other jurors agreed.
I never found out what happened to the guy at sentencing.  They probably sent
him to prison anyway. :^(

If asked again I'd serve again, but not for a civil matter.  The strange thing
is, I was accepted by the state and the defense in both cases even though I
had an assault conviction many years ago and even though several judges in the
area were business clients of mine.  Go figure.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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