Hey, Dude, Maybe try saying each part of the word in your mind, loudly and clearly annunciating your audio construction, while you slowly write the word effortlessly fifty or a hundred times -- more, if you're finding it helpful once you transition to putting out the word verbally.
There is a line from a movie: "The scariest words in the English language. Trial by jury. Your fate is going to be decided by 12 people who were too dumb to think of a good excuse to get out of jury duty."
Jury duty is lit tho. You sit there listening to blaze boy all day only to find out around lunch time that you’re not needed. And work still has to pay you for a full day. Why would anyone want to get “out” of jury duty?
I remember reading about a trial years ago in Canada, one of the jurors later complained that police were in the jury room, and that one of them took out a pad and a pen and started writing down stuff while watching the jury discuss the case, glared at a juror who was talking about the defendant making a good point about an issue, and seemed to be openly trying to intimidate the jury into a guilty verdict.
Jury: "Can we acquit the defendant in spite of the facts of the case, just based on personal feelings?" Simon: "Obviously not lmao" Legal Eagle: "Well... about that..." CGP Grey: "Oh yeah totally."
simon when danny writes a coherent alliterated sentence: pfft. danny, give me a challenge simon when liam literally just writes the word effortlessly: DAMMIT LIAM
During my time as a nurse I was always surprised by how many people accidentally fell on things while nude and covered in lube, shampoo bottle…chicken drumstick…potato…how is a potato the most phallic thing in a home?
My favourite is still the 2nd war bomb... Sorry, but that's just stupid. Anything else is questionable but a bomb just seems (to me) to be in a different category.
I was called to Jury duty, but never even got called up before the jury selection was finished, so I basically just sat in a room for half a day and then went home.
I was on jury duty three times in just a few years. The first was in downtown Chicago, a real pain in the neck to get to from the suburbs, the second was just a mile from my apartment, and the third was going to be at the big criminal courthouse on the near South Side, even more of a pain to get to and in a dangerous neighborhood as well. The first time, my panel was called into the court room around 9:30 and they started on the selection process. They had their 12 + alternates picked before getting to me, and then they said they would take a lunch break before officially releasing the rest of us-that way, we could come back from lunch, get our checks, and go home, whereas if they had released us before lunch, we would have been put back in the pool for potentially another panel in the afternoon. The second time just had four courtrooms total, and three of the cases scheduled were either delayed or canceled, and the fourth was settled before 9:30, so they just sent us all home-I was back in my apartment by 10 am. The third time, I was lucky in that I could call the afternoon before and see if I even needed to go to the courthouse, and it turns out I didn’t, thank goodness, because I really did not want to go to that courthouse.
I've never had Jury Duty, but my best friend got called for selection for the MSD sh*oter(seldom censoring bc you never know with YT). She got dismissed because she works and goes to school full time, but she said that mfer was creepy after to even be in the same room with. On a somewhat funnier note, I know someone who was a juror on a case where a dude was dealing, but the drugs he tried to pass off as coke was actually ground up stuff they use to make popcorn ceiling. He tried to sell popcorn ceiling to an undercover cop and still got jammed up for the obvious fake. That would be an embarrassing way to get stitched up.
I got called onto a jury (in the US) on July 3rd. No lawyer wants their client to go to trial right before a federal holiday so there was nothing from the circuit court, so we were just there any case any cases were brought up from the small claims court. That didn't happen, so I just sat in the freezing jury room all day. I was just barely 18 when I was called, though, so it validated my adulthood in a weird way.
A buddy of mine is a philosophy professor. He was called to jury duty and told them he could never convict anyone because 'beyond a reasonable doubt' was logically and philosophically flawed. (I don't remember the argument he laid out). He still got picked.
@@doctorlolchicken7478 yeah, we're more prevalent than most people think. Although some of us end up in different fields. For example, I have a PhD in philosophy and religion, but I work with kids on the autism spectrum.
I served on a jury, and found myself arguing with one fellow juror who wanted to convict because she, "wanted to wipe that smile off his barrister's face..." And despite pointing out the fact we should base our judgement on trifling stuff like evidence, etc, it made no difference - she voted to convict based on nothing to do with the accused, and there was nothing I could do or say about it. Her reason to convict on a personal dislike of the accused's lawyer was as valid as my vote to acquit based on reasonable doubt. So.... f*ck jury trials...
Thank you Simon for introducing all of us OGBBs to Liam. He has earned his place in the basement along side of Danny, Sam, Kevin, and ETA. This episode almost had everything from the days of old. Only things really missing were the puns followed by you playing the air drums (I do miss those), the script slapping, and issues with your bionic ass. This episode was exactly what I was needing!
Prior to my retirement due to ill health, I was self employed. This is how I supported my family. When called up for jury duty twice over a period of about 5 years, I discovered a few things. Jury selection (at least in the US) is mostly done by the prosecution and the defense attorney. They will both ask a series of questions about the potential juror's lives, such as health, etc. People are dismissed. Then the attorneys proceed to asking "theoretical questions" about the potential crime committed, race, politics, how much news we watch, etc. Not wanting to lose even one day's work beyond the jury selection (US jurors are paid $7.50 PER FUCKING DAY), I made a point of raising my hand to engage the attorney in front of me in a several sentence answer to their questions, including showing off my considerable knowledge about the state and federal justice systems, and it's weak points. I was excused both times, basically for being too well educated.
I'm a lawyer. I was once on a jury in law school where the judge said he likes it when law students are on juries. But the only time I've been called since I got licensed, they instantly dismissed me as soon as they saw my career. They don't like having people on juries who know the system.
You were excused for having an attitude and rather thrn actually trying to change the laws jist bitch abijt them at inappropriate times. = bad judgment and you'd likely make decisions nit based on the trial but your own bias. I wouldn't want you on my jury either. Sorry. If my freedom is on the line: I need people who pay attention to where they are and what they're there for.
I've been rejected from jury duty twice now. I won't be persuaded to vote confidently either way until there is no reasonable doubt, and I'm very imaginative and argumentative and there is *ALWAYS* reasonable doubt. My job pays me for jury duty, so don't underestimate my stubbornness. Best just let me stay home.
This is why it is specified to be beyond a REASONABLE doubt. Going "but they could've been framed by a long-lost evil twin.." enters the realm of UNREASONABLE doubt. You just want to pretend it is stubbornness when if you're getting paid to be there, it's just greed at the expensive of everyone else.
@@Vaeldarg It's more like I don't want to be there because not being at my job means lives are lost, and if you make me do it I'm going to make you regret it, so just don't. And it's still a reasonable doubt for me; I'm not lying about that. I'm an anxious soul and a prepper, and the possibility that the Russians have created evil clone technology so they can replace our loved ones with biologically identical trained agents to discredit us is a possibility I've prepared for. 😐 I've scratched a scar into my fiancée that is barely visible and only I know about, so I'd know if she was replaced, *PUTIN.* I can't say the same for the defendant, though. Maybe his clone did it. 🤷♀️
"We, the Jury, have slaughtered a chicken and consulted the entrails, summoned the spirits of the dead, dropped acid, and drank every milliliter of alcohol in the hotel. We have also arrived at a verdict."
I just learned your employer doesn't gave to pay you while you are on Jury Duty, and the UK government doesn't match you salary with their compensation. This could ruin a family, especially if you are the main provider.
I know that in the US they are very lenient with the reasons they allow people to get out of jury duty, and even list "main provider" as a reason to not go, so hopefully the same rules are used in the UK.
Once while standing on my garage workbench installing roof lights, i lost balance and fell on my ass on a tool rack. Had a pretty bad... unconsented, impromptu backdoor meeting with a folding rule, and about 15 of his closest screwdriver and plier friends lined up for a go. Cuts, tears and some bleeding occured. Torn jeans and bleeding from my backside, I took the bus to the ER because after 5 minutes of trying I couldn't bare the pain of trying to sit down in the car. Likely quite a bit of gawking ensued during that 15-20 minutes standing bus ride, but my sor(ry)e ass was way too mentally occupied with how fricking embarrassing it was gonna be to live out that timeless meme of explaining to nurses and doctors that I "slipped and fell on something". Being a small*ish town, I just "knew" word of this was gonna get around, and nothing I could say or do would prevent me becoming "that guy" the rest of my days. At the ER though, once I got the jeans off - "thankfully" the roughly 40 cm long perfectly straight line of 15-20 different minor stab wounds, cuts and bruises, running diagonally across my rear upper tigh, both spanky-hams and my poor bruised and bleeding starfish - made it rather obvious that whatever had happened, certainly wasn't consentual. So it seems they kept their gossipy mouths shut. After surgery I got to see a picture of the damage; it looked like I had been spanked by The Mountain with a wide belt full of screws, nails and spikes. It was painful and not so funny back then, but it's been many years so Incsn laugh about it now. As a humoristic sidenote, at first, one of the stabby bruises was so defined, you could actually tell it was a torx driver, you could roughly make out the size too 😂 - Also, having to go to the 25'ish y/o, hot AF assistant nurse at my GPs clinic, to drop trou and have stiches removed from your brown eye - _now _*_that_* was embarrassing.
You’re one of the best content creators on RUclips . You and your entire team of writers who transcend one of your 265 channels do a superb job. I started out watching BioGraphics and now I’m watching probably 3 videos a day of content from you guys! Casual Criminalist has to be my favorite though. I think we all appreciate you for being humorous yet solidly fact driven. I hope one day you can afford to buy a big haunted house , and make videos describing how non haunted it is. 3600 square foot , ghost ridden flat.
This was a fun one! I very much enjoyed this Liam! I also love the fact that you're advertising a future CC! Plus we all know that as long as this does well we will be getting some other different countries to laugh at!
@@Sniperboy5551 If the jury is smart, and in the USA, they can actually acquit even if the facts prove undeniable guilt. It's a hairy issue but 100% legal. Legal Eagle and CGP Grey both have videos about it. "Jury nullification".
With OJ Simpson, it would help to know that there were two cases. One was criminal and the other was civil. The jury in the criminal case found OJ “not guilty”, which does not mean they thought he was innocent, but that the state did not prove it’s case beyond a reasonable doubt. The civil case was brought by the parents of the deceased for “wrongful death”. Because it is civil, the jury only has to find guilt with a “preponderance of the evidence”. In that case the jury found OJ guilty. There is not prison or jail time for a civil wrong, only monetary damages, which I believe OJ has yet to pay.
I've been on a jury in Scotland. It's boring as hell, and also deeply traumatising. I'm not allowed to say anything about it, but luckily I was allowed to talk to my psychiatrist about it without breaking the law. The jury minder was not allowed to stay in the jury room, they just accompanied us everywhere. Fun facts about Scotland: there are no opening statements, they just jump right on in. Also, a Scottish jury (for criminal cases) is made up of 15 people with no alternates and you only need a majority, not a unanimous agreement for a guilty verdict. Plus your name is pulled out of a bowl so it's completely random who is picked. Anyone with ties to the case or valid reason for not being able to serve is weeded out before the name pulling. And another! At the moment a number of cases are being heard with the jury in a cinema watching over a live feed in order to have social distancing.
You still have social distancing in Scotland? That’s insane, the pandemic is basically over. Every single one of my family members (including me) has already gotten COVID and thankfully we’ve all recovered. I imagine it’s much the same anywhere else in the world… even Joe Biden has said that the pandemic is over! 😂
@@Sniperboy5551 not in all cases. But I think it's a trial run in case something like this happens again. Also, I have not had Covid and I would like to keep it that way for as long as possible.
@@tmarritt that is not what the judge said. Everything that took place in the jury room can't be talked about. Also, I was on a jury for a case closed to the public, so very little info is allowed out. (Victims/accusers of sexual assault/abuse have life long anonymity unless they waiver it)
I'm curious to know what Biblical principle they were going to base their decisions on, the lying, bearing false witness, or a twist on how it was her duty to be obedient to her husband?
Truth be told, prosecutors don't like jurors who are too smart. My dad got excused because he has a PhD. He was asked if he was a scientist and he said "Yes. I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering." He was dismissed immediately.
LIAM: Your introduction(s) were easily the funniest Brain Blaze intros I have heard in a good long time. I was laughing so hard, my dog had to come check on me. Simon: Please don't murder my dog. She loves you.
I was living and working in Florida (yes, I know) for a season cooking at a restaurant when I got mail that I had to go back to Rhode Island for Jury Duty... I tried to figure the schedule out with management which was looking like I'd loose my job if I did leave for Jury Duty, even though you're legally obligated to fulfill that requirement by the Man or I would face criminal punishment... Then received more mail stating that I was relieved of Jury Duty... how Relieved I Was. So either face criminal penalties, or loose my job... The Fuck
thanks for all the countless hours of entertainment over the entire network, whether it be serious stuff, or stuff that just makes me laugh. keep up the tangents too.
It's harder to convict someone with a jury than you think, for a criminal case they all have to vote guilty. I was on a jury that was pretty clear cut and it took 11 of us 3 days to convince a lady that we didn't need his fingerprints on the gun, smart criminals wipe it down.
So the way this works in England and Wales is like this. As standard only a unanimous decision of 12 jurors is accepted. Where a judge feels it is proper they can accept a 11-1 decision In rare cases an 10-2 can be considered. As far as I am aware every US state has a similar rule (I do not believe for capital crimes though) Plus there is a key issue with thinking it's hard: The jury in Young convicted based on a Ouija board. (Later questioning of the jurors in their contempt of court charge confirmed what the juror coming forward had said)
As long as forensics did not find a completely unrelated set of fingerprints on the gun that were inadmissible due to a lack of associative identification, I agree.
I did jury duty about 13 years ago. Luckily for me, it was pretty quick as the evidence for the prosecution was really strong so we were done in about a week. It would have been 6 days but I asked a question that the judge had to consult with other judges to see if he could answer and whether or not it might be relevant to the trial.
@@firethecoach8800 Nobody minded once I told them what the question was. Most agree that it could've been relevant as it was linked to the defendant's case
I was a Jury Foreman in a criminal case and 3 members of the jury had to be classified as MORON's. They kept asking the judge stupid questions like this. All the other members of the jury could see by the evidence submitted that the person on trial was guilty. Some of the evidence included the security camera on the home showing him breaking in and leaving the scene of the burglary where he beat an older couple. For some reason these three were asking the judge if this security footage should be considered evidence or not and other stupid questions. It took 3 days of us sitting in the deliberation room to get these MORONS to understand the security footage with a clear picture of the defendants face was truly real evidence. He was eventually found guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in jail.
I've gotten two jury summons and both times as soon as I told them I was a securities litigation consultant they dismissed me from serving. I guess they only want dumb people on juries. They were in a county/city 150 miles apart with different districts.
basically yes if you are in the US at least of course that also means they often get the most racist that will keep their mouth shut about being racist.
Ages ago my grandpa was called for jury duty but since the case involved a drunk driver he was dismissed due to the fact that his wife was in a car with 3 coworkers and they were hit by a drunk driver. 2 out of the 4 people in the car died, grandma lived but her pelvis was shattered and when he got to the hospital my grandpa walked right past her because he couldn't recognize her with her face all fucked up. Driver got out of jail after serving like 2 months because his dad had connections🙃 also, this video was damn good and exactly what I needed today
So you can't be on jury duty if you were a victim of a similar crime. That's why racist cops who racistly murder black people in a racist way get those racist all-white juries. Sounds like justice.
I have heard one of the most high power attorneys in the US today, Robert Barnes, say on multiple occasions that jury selection is where winning is done. He spends an extraordinary amount of effort and resources to get the most favorable jury he can and to understand each juror as best he can. Background research, psych profiles, AI predictions, you name it. Stalin famously said, "I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this-who will count the votes, and how." Our criminal justice system is predicated on trial outcomes being determined by facts and a jury of 12 people reaching a consensus on what the facts are, which is quite reasonable, but...who determines the facts is extraordinarily important.
We dont have a jury here and sometimes I do feel glad about that. But then you hear the stories of corrupt judges and question if it really is the best idea..
I love Simon's 'dark look'. 20:58 Also thanks for helping me through covid, I've had it the last week and watched so much of your stuff Simon that when I can go out and see people again I'll probably have adopted some of your behaviour.
Deliberation. And yes, in the US the bailiff escorts you to the jury room but waits outside. I don't know how lengthy trials are handled. Last jury I was on deliberated for about 10 minutes.
9:02 it is at this point our poor writer Liam suffered a heart attack, only to be miraculously revived moments later when he realized that "oh my God, this is gonna be so BORING" did not, I'm fact, refer to his script, but rather the sequestering of juries.
We had a bilateral amputee cat burglar active in my home town. On about the sixth time he falls on a copper's bounce, he's asked by the chairman of magistrates, "I strongly recommend that you take up a new career, preferably legal!"
23:15 -- Simon, the House of Lords is no longer a court of appeal. The UK has had a Supreme Court since 2009. I know you don't keep up with goings-on in your home country, but it's been THIRTEEN YEARS. Also, I'm American and I knew this. Of course, in practice this didn't change much of anything. The actual House of Lords never heard cases anyhow. Its judicial functions were carried out by the Appellate Committee (i.e. the "Law Lords") who were appointed by the Lord Chancellor just like any other judge. All this law did was to split the committee off of Lords and rename it the Supreme Court. In fact, the first Supreme Court Justices were just the incumbent Law Lords with new titles.
Actually just to make a small correction. A second key difference is that the Supreme Court justices are appointed by the judicial appointments committee rather than a politician. Plus under the old system the law lords could also sit in the house of lords and debate in politics, in the new system they cannot.
I got out of Jury duty for reasons of mental health, which is funny as fuck because many years before they dismissed a Jury for reasons of insanity, well I basically spent six months on a secure ward, at least I know im not going to ever have to do that dam boring duty.
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If you get summonsed to jury duty and want to be challenged and dismissed, take several newspapers with you. You are not wanted if you're perceived to be well informed on current events.
The whole of idea of a "jury of one's peers" or "impartial jury" is, unfortunately, fundamentally flawed as personal motivations are always a threat to the well-meaning system. As mentioned, for example, individual jurors may be more motivated to just "get it over with" and submit a verdict not based on evidence but rather the desire no longer be a juror. This one example in particular is a significant reason why forcing unwilling persons to be jurors is an unconstitutional practice, i.e., an unwilling participant juror has, from the onset, a bias against the entire court system; therefore, a bias against any and all aspects of the trial including the defendant(s) who is/are supposed to have an impartial jury. If a forced juror does not want to be a participant, they are very likely to submit a verdict based on their disdain for being forced into the position of juror. One other aspect of the farce that is allegedly "jury of one's peers" is best put into this example: suppose you are an intelligent, law-abiding person who has the misfortune to be arrested by an unintelligent or even criminally corrupted law enforcement officer. You are then put on trial for a crime you did not commit. Despite the fact that you have substantial, undeniable evidence that should prove your innocence, the jury is (overall) too stupid to recognize this fact, or even that the jury is pre-biased towards the idea that the arresting officer is absolutely honest and who's words and/or actions should be considered unconditionally credible. Is there a better system? Probably, but I am not so arrogant as to believe I have the know-all solution. I just point out, as this video does, that the jury trial system needs to be re-evaluated and improved.
I was called for jury duty a while back, I got out of it by saying I couldnt afford to take time off work. They didnt even bother checking I even had a job and sent a nice letter relieving me of the duty. Another way of getting out of it is saying you know or have met the defendant in the past apparently.
I've been on a jury. The case was very, very straightforward. We spent three times longer in deliberation than we should have, and were repeatedly threatened with a mistrial, because one of our number didn't agree with the punishment they thought the defendant was going to face. I was about a third of this juror's age, but for some reason I was the one who got stuck telling a stubborn old person that they were NOT the judge, and had no say in how the defendant was punished. I essentially had to make a stump speech to a stubborn old white person, from my position as a young mixed-race woman. Nobody enjoyed that, but eventually enough of the other, whiter jurors joined in that the old white person was convinced I wasn't making shit up. 😂
Buttering the bread is like a quid pro quo type of thing it also means how things are done, or how to get things done smoothly, or buttering someone up to get a favor Cheddar refers to money, and the criminal aspect of those who tell on the criminals being rats And there’s also cabbage, lettuce, coin, bags, purses, leaves
Re: the Chris Huhne case... Yep, Perverting the Course of Justice is totally in order if you take someone else's points. How many points does the other person have? If you take their points they might get to keep their license rather than have it suspended, for example, after repeated driving offences. And in the end, if you lie in a legal proceeding then you have to accept you're going to get done if you're caught.
In America the phrase is some version of "He knows on what side his bread is buttered." Which means he knows where his money comes from and knows he has to appeal to it.
In the US you can ask for a 'bench trial,' and the judge will be the only person hearing your case. No need to worry about racist juries, just the fact that the judge may be a total yay-hoo.
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Hey, Dude,
Maybe try saying each part of the word in your mind, loudly and clearly annunciating your audio construction, while you slowly write the word effortlessly fifty or a hundred times -- more, if you're finding it helpful once you transition to putting out the word verbally.
Oi Simon, you got that damn telegram bot or whatever
But I like being able to code 🥺
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There is a line from a movie: "The scariest words in the English language. Trial by jury. Your fate is going to be decided by 12 people who were too dumb to think of a good excuse to get out of jury duty."
That's hilarious! Do you remember the movie?
@@skunkrat01 I want to say it's the movie "Let's Go to Prison," but I don't remember anything else from that movie but that line.
Jury duty is lit tho. You sit there listening to blaze boy all day only to find out around lunch time that you’re not needed. And work still has to pay you for a full day. Why would anyone want to get “out” of jury duty?
It's let's go to prison. It's funny af
The real trick would be finding 12 people I consider to be my peers
Top Tier Trolling of Simon in the open, executed effortlessly!
I remember reading about a trial years ago in Canada, one of the jurors later complained that police were in the jury room, and that one of them took out a pad and a pen and started writing down stuff while watching the jury discuss the case, glared at a juror who was talking about the defendant making a good point about an issue, and seemed to be openly trying to intimidate the jury into a guilty verdict.
Dude! You won a prize! Congrats! You should totally click that link or whatever!
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U have done jury, police should definitely not be in the room, don't think I saw police at all apart from giving evidence
So…, passive/aggressive. Sounds exactly like Canada 🇨🇦.
Thats odd, Never heard of it being done like that!
I live in Canada and I could totally see this happening yep
Jury: "Can we acquit the defendant in spite of the facts of the case, just based on personal feelings?"
Simon: "Obviously not lmao"
Legal Eagle: "Well... about that..."
CGP Grey: "Oh yeah totally."
Anybody curious about this might want to look at the wikipedia page for "jury nullification"
Learned about this from CPG Grey
Now I want to see Legal Eagle react to this video, just to see his reactions.
His reactions to Simon's tangents and the Blazement jokes, I mean.
To clarify, they can only acquit despite the facts, not convict. Nullification only goes one way.
Im already loving this. Liams going to be a great addition for Danny and Kevin to fight over heater mushrooms with.
Thank you friendo!!
Make sure he gives ETA our love. Poor guy.
I'm amazed what ya'll do considering the poor lighting down there.
His basement is getting packed.
I wonder if ETA hasn't been writing because he's been ordered to dig out more cells to expand the Blazement?
2 mins in and already Liam has established himself as a legend.
6 minutes in and we haven't even started lmao
Wasn't impressed. No comedy to it.
simon when danny writes a coherent alliterated sentence: pfft. danny, give me a challenge
simon when liam literally just writes the word effortlessly: DAMMIT LIAM
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5 minute add... absurd!
@@uhohDavinci skip past it
@@uhohDavinci then watch another channel. They're just a click away.
@@uhohDavinci It's Brain Blaze, even the ads are content. We're just here lo listen to Simon ramble tbh
I love the Blazes as it lets your writers', editor's, and Simon's personalities and smart-ass-iness shine!
During my time as a nurse I was always surprised by how many people accidentally fell on things while nude and covered in lube, shampoo bottle…chicken drumstick…potato…how is a potato the most phallic thing in a home?
A 🍗 ?!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
My favourite is still the 2nd war bomb... Sorry, but that's just stupid. Anything else is questionable but a bomb just seems (to me) to be in a different category.
@@jeffduncan9140 Gives a whole new slant on going to KFC
@@movingforward3030 If things go wrong, at least you wouldn’t be constipated.👍🏼😄
@@suzmac1526 yes it does!! 🤣🤣
I gotta say Liam did a great job, the intro was amazing and throwing in the _effortlelessly_ just to confuse Simon was hilarious.
I was called to Jury duty, but never even got called up before the jury selection was finished, so I basically just sat in a room for half a day and then went home.
I was on jury duty three times in just a few years. The first was in downtown Chicago, a real pain in the neck to get to from the suburbs, the second was just a mile from my apartment, and the third was going to be at the big criminal courthouse on the near South Side, even more of a pain to get to and in a dangerous neighborhood as well. The first time, my panel was called into the court room around 9:30 and they started on the selection process. They had their 12 + alternates picked before getting to me, and then they said they would take a lunch break before officially releasing the rest of us-that way, we could come back from lunch, get our checks, and go home, whereas if they had released us before lunch, we would have been put back in the pool for potentially another panel in the afternoon. The second time just had four courtrooms total, and three of the cases scheduled were either delayed or canceled, and the fourth was settled before 9:30, so they just sent us all home-I was back in my apartment by 10 am. The third time, I was lucky in that I could call the afternoon before and see if I even needed to go to the courthouse, and it turns out I didn’t, thank goodness, because I really did not want to go to that courthouse.
I've never had Jury Duty, but my best friend got called for selection for the MSD sh*oter(seldom censoring bc you never know with YT). She got dismissed because she works and goes to school full time, but she said that mfer was creepy after to even be in the same room with. On a somewhat funnier note, I know someone who was a juror on a case where a dude was dealing, but the drugs he tried to pass off as coke was actually ground up stuff they use to make popcorn ceiling. He tried to sell popcorn ceiling to an undercover cop and still got jammed up for the obvious fake. That would be an embarrassing way to get stitched up.
Lawyers don't tend to like jurors who are of the opinion "Just hang the son of a b*tch so we can go home already!" ... allegedly... ;o)
I got called onto a jury (in the US) on July 3rd. No lawyer wants their client to go to trial right before a federal holiday so there was nothing from the circuit court, so we were just there any case any cases were brought up from the small claims court. That didn't happen, so I just sat in the freezing jury room all day. I was just barely 18 when I was called, though, so it validated my adulthood in a weird way.
A buddy of mine is a philosophy professor. He was called to jury duty and told them he could never convict anyone because 'beyond a reasonable doubt' was logically and philosophically flawed. (I don't remember the argument he laid out). He still got picked.
I need the argument...
I’m always amazed by the number of people on the Internet who personally know philosophy professors.
@@doctorlolchicken7478 yeah, we're more prevalent than most people think. Although some of us end up in different fields. For example, I have a PhD in philosophy and religion, but I work with kids on the autism spectrum.
I really needed this laugh today!
Great writing, editing and Simon on hilarious point per usual.
always love Jen's jokes and memes, she's a great editor
I served on a jury, and found myself arguing with one fellow juror who wanted to convict because she, "wanted to wipe that smile off his barrister's face..." And despite pointing out the fact we should base our judgement on trifling stuff like evidence, etc, it made no difference - she voted to convict based on nothing to do with the accused, and there was nothing I could do or say about it. Her reason to convict on a personal dislike of the accused's lawyer was as valid as my vote to acquit based on reasonable doubt. So.... f*ck jury trials...
Thank you Simon for introducing all of us OGBBs to Liam. He has earned his place in the basement along side of Danny, Sam, Kevin, and ETA. This episode almost had everything from the days of old. Only things really missing were the puns followed by you playing the air drums (I do miss those), the script slapping, and issues with your bionic ass. This episode was exactly what I was needing!
Ah yes… simpler times when a brave soul in the comment section would count things like script taps and slaps. I miss those days
Prior to my retirement due to ill health, I was self employed. This is how I supported my family. When called up for jury duty twice over a period of about 5 years, I discovered a few things. Jury selection (at least in the US) is mostly done by the prosecution and the defense attorney. They will both ask a series of questions about the potential juror's lives, such as health, etc. People are dismissed. Then the attorneys proceed to asking "theoretical questions" about the potential crime committed, race, politics, how much news we watch, etc. Not wanting to lose even one day's work beyond the jury selection (US jurors are paid $7.50 PER FUCKING DAY), I made a point of raising my hand to engage the attorney in front of me in a several sentence answer to their questions, including showing off my considerable knowledge about the state and federal justice systems, and it's weak points. I was excused both times, basically for being too well educated.
I'm a lawyer. I was once on a jury in law school where the judge said he likes it when law students are on juries. But the only time I've been called since I got licensed, they instantly dismissed me as soon as they saw my career. They don't like having people on juries who know the system.
You were excused for having an attitude and rather thrn actually trying to change the laws jist bitch abijt them at inappropriate times. = bad judgment and you'd likely make decisions nit based on the trial but your own bias. I wouldn't want you on my jury either. Sorry. If my freedom is on the line: I need people who pay attention to where they are and what they're there for.
Liam's got that BB spirit! Welcome to the Blazement, brain-boi!
Thank you for the welcome, I brought a Ouija board with me
The first 2:35,pure confusing unadulterated Choas, and I loved it. Many tangents to come I bet 🤘
Efortlessly assaulting the English language. 😂
I am so glad that tripped him up
@@thelegalliam absolutely there with you.
I've been rejected from jury duty twice now. I won't be persuaded to vote confidently either way until there is no reasonable doubt, and I'm very imaginative and argumentative and there is *ALWAYS* reasonable doubt.
My job pays me for jury duty, so don't underestimate my stubbornness. Best just let me stay home.
This is why it is specified to be beyond a REASONABLE doubt. Going "but they could've been framed by a long-lost evil twin.." enters the realm of UNREASONABLE doubt. You just want to pretend it is stubbornness when if you're getting paid to be there, it's just greed at the expensive of everyone else.
@@Vaeldarg It's more like I don't want to be there because not being at my job means lives are lost, and if you make me do it I'm going to make you regret it, so just don't.
And it's still a reasonable doubt for me; I'm not lying about that. I'm an anxious soul and a prepper, and the possibility that the Russians have created evil clone technology so they can replace our loved ones with biologically identical trained agents to discredit us is a possibility I've prepared for. 😐 I've scratched a scar into my fiancée that is barely visible and only I know about, so I'd know if she was replaced, *PUTIN.*
I can't say the same for the defendant, though. Maybe his clone did it. 🤷♀️
@@Nylak-Otter So "mental unwellness" is the reason for them rejecting you, is what you're saying.
@@Vaeldarg I mean, if that's a contributing factor, I'm not going to complain. 😁
"We, the Jury, have slaughtered a chicken and consulted the entrails, summoned the spirits of the dead, dropped acid, and drank every milliliter of alcohol in the hotel. We have also arrived at a verdict."
I just learned your employer doesn't gave to pay you while you are on Jury Duty, and the UK government doesn't match you salary with their compensation. This could ruin a family, especially if you are the main provider.
I know that in the US they are very lenient with the reasons they allow people to get out of jury duty, and even list "main provider" as a reason to not go, so hopefully the same rules are used in the UK.
Just gonna say it...
Plague mask dude meme was BRILLIANT!!!
12 Angry Morons.. terrific play on the movie title !😆 stopped me in my tracks..
Once while standing on my garage workbench installing roof lights, i lost balance and fell on my ass on a tool rack. Had a pretty bad... unconsented, impromptu backdoor meeting with a folding rule, and about 15 of his closest screwdriver and plier friends lined up for a go. Cuts, tears and some bleeding occured. Torn jeans and bleeding from my backside, I took the bus to the ER because after 5 minutes of trying I couldn't bare the pain of trying to sit down in the car. Likely quite a bit of gawking ensued during that 15-20 minutes standing bus ride, but my sor(ry)e ass was way too mentally occupied with how fricking embarrassing it was gonna be to live out that timeless meme of explaining to nurses and doctors that I "slipped and fell on something". Being a small*ish town, I just "knew" word of this was gonna get around, and nothing I could say or do would prevent me becoming "that guy" the rest of my days.
At the ER though, once I got the jeans off - "thankfully" the roughly 40 cm long perfectly straight line of 15-20 different minor stab wounds, cuts and bruises, running diagonally across my rear upper tigh, both spanky-hams and my poor bruised and bleeding starfish - made it rather obvious that whatever had happened, certainly wasn't consentual. So it seems they kept their gossipy mouths shut. After surgery I got to see a picture of the damage; it looked like I had been spanked by The Mountain with a wide belt full of screws, nails and spikes. It was painful and not so funny back then, but it's been many years so Incsn laugh about it now.
As a humoristic sidenote, at first, one of the stabby bruises was so defined, you could actually tell it was a torx driver, you could roughly make out the size too 😂 - Also, having to go to the 25'ish y/o, hot AF assistant nurse at my GPs clinic, to drop trou and have stiches removed from your brown eye - _now _*_that_* was embarrassing.
You’re one of the best content creators on RUclips . You and your entire team of writers who transcend one of your 265 channels do a superb job.
I started out watching BioGraphics and now I’m watching probably 3 videos a day of content from you guys! Casual Criminalist has to be my favorite though. I think we all appreciate you for being humorous yet solidly fact driven.
I hope one day you can afford to buy a big haunted house , and make videos describing how non haunted it is. 3600 square foot , ghost ridden flat.
I love hearing Simon trying to say "Effortlessly "
My wife got called for Dury duty once and thankfully got a pass because we were due to go on our honeymoon. That trail lasted 4.5 months.
This was a fun one! I very much enjoyed this Liam! I also love the fact that you're advertising a future CC! Plus we all know that as long as this does well we will be getting some other different countries to laugh at!
I’ve done jury service twice, one was a hash smuggling case, there were 5 jurors getting baked in my car at lunchtime.
Did you acquit or was the evidence overwhelming? That’s pretty legendary.
What were they baking? Lmfao
Never write down your crimes!
@@Sniperboy5551 If the jury is smart, and in the USA, they can actually acquit even if the facts prove undeniable guilt. It's a hairy issue but 100% legal. Legal Eagle and CGP Grey both have videos about it. "Jury nullification".
It went for retrial, an old lady on the jury insisted that he “looked the guilty type”
That basement is getting crowded. Probably a war crime
With OJ Simpson, it would help to know that there were two cases. One was criminal and the other was civil. The jury in the criminal case found OJ “not guilty”, which does not mean they thought he was innocent, but that the state did not prove it’s case beyond a reasonable doubt. The civil case was brought by the parents of the deceased for “wrongful death”. Because it is civil, the jury only has to find guilt with a “preponderance of the evidence”. In that case the jury found OJ guilty. There is not prison or jail time for a civil wrong, only monetary damages, which I believe OJ has yet to pay.
I've been on a jury in Scotland. It's boring as hell, and also deeply traumatising. I'm not allowed to say anything about it, but luckily I was allowed to talk to my psychiatrist about it without breaking the law. The jury minder was not allowed to stay in the jury room, they just accompanied us everywhere. Fun facts about Scotland: there are no opening statements, they just jump right on in. Also, a Scottish jury (for criminal cases) is made up of 15 people with no alternates and you only need a majority, not a unanimous agreement for a guilty verdict. Plus your name is pulled out of a bowl so it's completely random who is picked. Anyone with ties to the case or valid reason for not being able to serve is weeded out before the name pulling. And another! At the moment a number of cases are being heard with the jury in a cinema watching over a live feed in order to have social distancing.
You still have social distancing in Scotland? That’s insane, the pandemic is basically over. Every single one of my family members (including me) has already gotten COVID and thankfully we’ve all recovered. I imagine it’s much the same anywhere else in the world… even Joe Biden has said that the pandemic is over! 😂
@@Sniperboy5551 not in all cases. But I think it's a trial run in case something like this happens again. Also, I have not had Covid and I would like to keep it that way for as long as possible.
Only in Scotland 😱😱😉🙏
You know your allowed to talk about it after the verdict is given right?
@@tmarritt that is not what the judge said. Everything that took place in the jury room can't be talked about. Also, I was on a jury for a case closed to the public, so very little info is allowed out. (Victims/accusers of sexual assault/abuse have life long anonymity unless they waiver it)
The ouija board story was one of the only things I remember from my law A-level. It remained a meme throughout the rest of the 18 months of classes.
That one A level law class sparked my entire PhD
i think the funniest part is the over 12 identical questions from the jury, which means at least one juror asked the same question at least twice
I'm curious to know what Biblical principle they were going to base their decisions on, the lying, bearing false witness, or a twist on how it was her duty to be obedient to her husband?
@@madalice5134 it was in relation to the marital relationship.
Truth be told, prosecutors don't like jurors who are too smart. My dad got excused because he has a PhD. He was asked if he was a scientist and he said "Yes. I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering." He was dismissed immediately.
lmfao that 1:28 edit clip caught me off guard. Im so use to Mega-projects I was not expecting that had me laughing like a moron.
LIAM: Your introduction(s) were easily the funniest Brain Blaze intros I have heard in a good long time. I was laughing so hard, my dog had to come check on me.
Simon: Please don't murder my dog. She loves you.
Thank you, I am very glad you enjoyed the intro and will try and distract the hungry Factboi from your doggo.
This is my favorite Brain Blaze video.
Suggestion for a part 2: Worst Judges’ decisions of all time
No, they first need to cover the abysmal stupidity of notoriously dumb American juries.
I was living and working in Florida (yes, I know) for a season cooking at a restaurant when I got mail that I had to go back to Rhode Island for Jury Duty... I tried to figure the schedule out with management which was looking like I'd loose my job if I did leave for Jury Duty, even though you're legally obligated to fulfill that requirement by the Man or I would face criminal punishment... Then received more mail stating that I was relieved of Jury Duty... how Relieved I Was. So either face criminal penalties, or loose my job... The Fuck
thanks for all the countless hours of entertainment over the entire network, whether it be serious stuff, or stuff that just makes me laugh. keep up the tangents too.
That was a great opening. Great writing Liam. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
thank you!
@@thelegalliam Fantastic script, hope to hear a lot more of you!
@@Kiefsti Thank you, I hope to make plenty more.
The intro reads like a blazement fever dream. Never going to happen because no one leaves the basement.
It's harder to convict someone with a jury than you think, for a criminal case they all have to vote guilty. I was on a jury that was pretty clear cut and it took 11 of us 3 days to convince a lady that we didn't need his fingerprints on the gun, smart criminals wipe it down.
That’s true in the US, but many other countries don’t require a unanimous decision, only a simple majority.
it depends on the charges, some offenses only need a majority in the US
So the way this works in England and Wales is like this.
As standard only a unanimous decision of 12 jurors is accepted.
Where a judge feels it is proper they can accept a 11-1 decision
In rare cases an 10-2 can be considered.
As far as I am aware every US state has a similar rule (I do not believe for capital crimes though)
Plus there is a key issue with thinking it's hard: The jury in Young convicted based on a Ouija board. (Later questioning of the jurors in their contempt of court charge confirmed what the juror coming forward had said)
@@thelegalliam The majority of the US requires a unanimous decision even for a misdemeanor charge. Civil jury trials can be decided by a majority
As long as forensics did not find a completely unrelated set of fingerprints on the gun that were inadmissible due to a lack of associative identification, I agree.
I did jury duty about 13 years ago. Luckily for me, it was pretty quick as the evidence for the prosecution was really strong so we were done in about a week.
It would have been 6 days but I asked a question that the judge had to consult with other judges to see if he could answer and whether or not it might be relevant to the trial.
What an honor! You won a scam message! So jealous...
@@zedalba what?
OK, you broke the judge.
Hopefully they gave you a beer for that!
Everyone must have hated you for delaying it for another day 😂 hope you enjoyed it though
@@firethecoach8800 Nobody minded once I told them what the question was. Most agree that it could've been relevant as it was linked to the defendant's case
So many charges against Schüssler aka Simon 🤣what about kidnapping writers and keeping them in the basement?
Liam blazed it up pretty good there. Simon too of course. Well blazed good sirs!
Simon and dogs is such an OG BB reference I never get tired of hearing about. It's funny EVERY time just like Peter.
I was a Jury Foreman in a criminal case and 3 members of the jury had to be classified as MORON's. They kept asking the judge stupid questions like this. All the other members of the jury could see by the evidence submitted that the person on trial was guilty. Some of the evidence included the security camera on the home showing him breaking in and leaving the scene of the burglary where he beat an older couple. For some reason these three were asking the judge if this security footage should be considered evidence or not and other stupid questions. It took 3 days of us sitting in the deliberation room to get these MORONS to understand the security footage with a clear picture of the defendants face was truly real evidence. He was eventually found guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in jail.
I've gotten two jury summons and both times as soon as I told them I was a securities litigation consultant they dismissed me from serving. I guess they only want dumb people on juries. They were in a county/city 150 miles apart with different districts.
basically yes if you are in the US at least of course that also means they often get the most racist that will keep their mouth shut about being racist.
Ages ago my grandpa was called for jury duty but since the case involved a drunk driver he was dismissed due to the fact that his wife was in a car with 3 coworkers and they were hit by a drunk driver. 2 out of the 4 people in the car died, grandma lived but her pelvis was shattered and when he got to the hospital my grandpa walked right past her because he couldn't recognize her with her face all fucked up. Driver got out of jail after serving like 2 months because his dad had connections🙃 also, this video was damn good and exactly what I needed today
So you can't be on jury duty if you were a victim of a similar crime. That's why racist cops who racistly murder black people in a racist way get those racist all-white juries. Sounds like justice.
one minute in and Liam has written THE most hilarious joke in Simon's whole catalog 🤣🤣 (Sorry Danny we still love you).
Thank you for the honest and ubiased review, now where do I send the money again?
Welcome to the madness of Brain Blaze Liam! Can't wait to hear more of your writing here and on Casual Criminalist!
I have heard one of the most high power attorneys in the US today, Robert Barnes, say on multiple occasions that jury selection is where winning is done. He spends an extraordinary amount of effort and resources to get the most favorable jury he can and to understand each juror as best he can. Background research, psych profiles, AI predictions, you name it. Stalin famously said, "I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this-who will count the votes, and how." Our criminal justice system is predicated on trial outcomes being determined by facts and a jury of 12 people reaching a consensus on what the facts are, which is quite reasonable, but...who determines the facts is extraordinarily important.
We dont have a jury here and sometimes I do feel glad about that. But then you hear the stories of corrupt judges and question if it really is the best idea..
Effortlessly... perhaps the funniest word to have trouble with🤣 love ya Simon ❤
? For real ?
@6:36 i had to pause and collect my self so i didnt wake my family LMAO
whoever edited this one, hats off to ya!
"Have you tried... not being a Mutant??" - The Mutant Iceman's Mother, lol. 🤣
In the UK the place where the defendant stands is called the dock
Drinking game: Take a shot every time Fact Boi stumbles over the pronunciation of effortlessly.🍷🥃🍸🍺
I love Simon's 'dark look'. 20:58
Also thanks for helping me through covid, I've had it the last week and watched so much of your stuff Simon that when I can go out and see people again I'll probably have adopted some of your behaviour.
Judge: Are you the defendant?
Man: No, I"z the one that stoled the chicken.
Thanks for uploading these videos, we appreciate you Simon.
Welcome Liam! That was hillarious great introductions lol
Deliberation. And yes, in the US the bailiff escorts you to the jury room but waits outside. I don't know how lengthy trials are handled. Last jury I was on deliberated for about 10 minutes.
Just a joy to watch. Well worth it thank you 🤓👏👏
😂 “ok but like we really don’t like her can we find her guilty anyway 🥺”
Excellent framing device, Liam. Not listened any further yet, but already that warrants a positive comment. :D
Thank you! Our dear buddy Wimon Shistler will be my new go to.
9:02 it is at this point our poor writer Liam suffered a heart attack, only to be miraculously revived moments later when he realized that "oh my God, this is gonna be so BORING" did not, I'm fact, refer to his script, but rather the sequestering of juries.
You have no idea how accurate you were
Casual Criminalist rule for criminals:
Don't RUclips your crimes
Just had a moment there. I imagined the various prime ministers we've had on trial. Facing prison. ..hmm.
And I'm back in the room. What did I miss?
Simon is a great philosopher of justice
Sam did an amazing job on this one, best comedy I've seen all week
We had a bilateral amputee cat burglar active in my home town. On about the sixth time he falls on a copper's bounce, he's asked by the chairman of magistrates, "I strongly recommend that you take up a new career, preferably legal!"
This one was fire! Loved it!
More episodes like this simon. It feels like the ETA erra again. Just the perfect amount of unhinged and giggling
14:15 Learning HTML just to make a website is like learning French just to order Salmon en papillote.
Because Whistle's analogy was a soggy mess.
Love the writing! Write more blaze Liam! You pick on simon enough :)
23:15 -- Simon, the House of Lords is no longer a court of appeal. The UK has had a Supreme Court since 2009. I know you don't keep up with goings-on in your home country, but it's been THIRTEEN YEARS. Also, I'm American and I knew this.
Of course, in practice this didn't change much of anything. The actual House of Lords never heard cases anyhow. Its judicial functions were carried out by the Appellate Committee (i.e. the "Law Lords") who were appointed by the Lord Chancellor just like any other judge. All this law did was to split the committee off of Lords and rename it the Supreme Court. In fact, the first Supreme Court Justices were just the incumbent Law Lords with new titles.
Actually just to make a small correction.
A second key difference is that the Supreme Court justices are appointed by the judicial appointments committee rather than a politician. Plus under the old system the law lords could also sit in the house of lords and debate in politics, in the new system they cannot.
"Effortlessly." Nice Liam!
Lmao! *"Effortlessly"* proving that point! Well done!
I got out of Jury duty for reasons of mental health, which is funny as fuck because many years before they dismissed a Jury for reasons of insanity, well I basically spent six months on a secure ward, at least I know im not going to ever have to do that dam boring duty.
This concept is brilliant, i definitely hope there will be more videos in this series!!
In the Squarespace ad you initially said 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain, but then when you repeated it (at 14:46), you said 50% off. The writing on the screen says 10% so I’m thinking that is correct, however 50% would be awesome and I’d definitely give it ago!
Love your channels - cheers from Oz 🇦🇺
I feel like Wyman Schisler is the name Simon Whistler would give if he bumped into the police on his way home from a long night at the pub. :D
If you get summonsed to jury duty and want to be challenged and dismissed, take several newspapers with you. You are not wanted if you're perceived to be well informed on current events.
WELL DONE LIAM!
The whole of idea of a "jury of one's peers" or "impartial jury" is, unfortunately, fundamentally flawed as personal motivations are always a threat to the well-meaning system. As mentioned, for example, individual jurors may be more motivated to just "get it over with" and submit a verdict not based on evidence but rather the desire no longer be a juror. This one example in particular is a significant reason why forcing unwilling persons to be jurors is an unconstitutional practice, i.e., an unwilling participant juror has, from the onset, a bias against the entire court system; therefore, a bias against any and all aspects of the trial including the defendant(s) who is/are supposed to have an impartial jury. If a forced juror does not want to be a participant, they are very likely to submit a verdict based on their disdain for being forced into the position of juror.
One other aspect of the farce that is allegedly "jury of one's peers" is best put into this example: suppose you are an intelligent, law-abiding person who has the misfortune to be arrested by an unintelligent or even criminally corrupted law enforcement officer. You are then put on trial for a crime you did not commit. Despite the fact that you have substantial, undeniable evidence that should prove your innocence, the jury is (overall) too stupid to recognize this fact, or even that the jury is pre-biased towards the idea that the arresting officer is absolutely honest and who's words and/or actions should be considered unconditionally credible.
Is there a better system? Probably, but I am not so arrogant as to believe I have the know-all solution. I just point out, as this video does, that the jury trial system needs to be re-evaluated and improved.
"I might have a RUclips monopoly..."
Yeah. That's why we call it "SimonTube" now.
I was called for jury duty a while back, I got out of it by saying I couldnt afford to take time off work. They didnt even bother checking I even had a job and sent a nice letter relieving me of the duty. Another way of getting out of it is saying you know or have met the defendant in the past apparently.
Whoa! Liam that opening was fucking META! LMAO XD
I've been on a jury. The case was very, very straightforward. We spent three times longer in deliberation than we should have, and were repeatedly threatened with a mistrial, because one of our number didn't agree with the punishment they thought the defendant was going to face. I was about a third of this juror's age, but for some reason I was the one who got stuck telling a stubborn old person that they were NOT the judge, and had no say in how the defendant was punished. I essentially had to make a stump speech to a stubborn old white person, from my position as a young mixed-race woman. Nobody enjoyed that, but eventually enough of the other, whiter jurors joined in that the old white person was convinced I wasn't making shit up. 😂
Buttering the bread is like a quid pro quo type of thing it also means how things are done, or how to get things done smoothly, or buttering someone up to get a favor
Cheddar refers to money, and the criminal aspect of those who tell on the criminals being rats
And there’s also cabbage, lettuce, coin, bags, purses, leaves
Re: the Chris Huhne case... Yep, Perverting the Course of Justice is totally in order if you take someone else's points. How many points does the other person have? If you take their points they might get to keep their license rather than have it suspended, for example, after repeated driving offences. And in the end, if you lie in a legal proceeding then you have to accept you're going to get done if you're caught.
In America the phrase is some version of "He knows on what side his bread is buttered."
Which means he knows where his money comes from and knows he has to appeal to it.
In the US you can ask for a 'bench trial,' and the judge will be the only person hearing your case. No need to worry about racist juries, just the fact that the judge may be a total yay-hoo.
I laughed so hard at the first case 😂