Most Innocent People Try to Delay Trials, Experts Say

[Tom of Temecula]

Prominent legal experts believe that defendants who are innocent of a crime will usually do everything humanly possible to delay their trials. Professor Davis Logsdon, who teaches a course about the behavior of innocent defendants at the University of Minnesota Law School, said that “if a defendant is strenuously trying to have his trial delayed, there is no clearer evidence that he is innocent of all charges against him.”

“Generally speaking, people who have done nothing wrong want to push the day when their name is cleared as far into the future as they can,” he said. “They will spend a massive amount on legal fees to have a cloud of suspicion hover over them for as long as possible.”

He said that there are “other signs” that a person is “completely innocent,” including “claiming immunity from all charges, defaming the judge and his or her children, and calling the trial a ‘disgrace’ or a ‘witch-hunt.’”

“If someone does all of those things, it’s so obvious he’s innocent that the case should be dismissed immediately,” he said. “The fact that such a trial is allowed to proceed is worrisome proof that our legal system is broken.”

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/most-innocent-people-try-to-delay

[SergeStorms]

1. I knew it....

was either the Onion or Borowitz.

Innocent people do just the opposite. This is what I've been saying all along. If Donald is so innocent, as he always cries to his cult, get all of your exculpatory evidence together and get to trial.

Clearing your "good name" of false accusations is paramount. Why waste so much time and money appealing this and that, using every delaying tactic along the way.

Clear your "good name," Donald.

[Elessar Zappa]

2. lol I was fooled until the second paragraph.

[PatSeg]

3. Same here!

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Can't believe I fell for that.

[Marcuse]

4. I was hooked until:

“They will spend a massive amount on legal fees to have a cloud of suspicion hover over them for as long as possible.”

[NJCher]

5. Since I'm in academia

I'm familiar with Professor Logsdon. Read up on his impressive credentials.

[niyad]

8. That was almost depressing!

[NJCher]

11. I thought it was funny!

eom

[niyad]

13. I am sorry, should have made myself clearer. I agree that it is funny, yet

depressing that so many people fall for it. Reminds me of Landover Baptist, where I first encountered Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian.

[NJCher]

21. gotcha'

[BunnyMcGee]

20. Thanks, that was a good read.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Great Find!

That's hilarious!

[Marcuse]

32. Ironically, Dr. Logsdon's celebrity status may have impeded his career path at Minnesota.

"We are proud of Dr. Logsdon's work and the visibility it brings to the University of Minnesota, which we would like to stress to Mr. Borowitz's readers is in fact a very real place, with faculty, students and staff working hard to tackle very real and important issues impacting Minnesota and beyond," said spokesman Evan Lapiska, adding that the university has known of Borowitz for years.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Had me going until I spotted the link...

[barbtries]

16. your sig!

one of my favorite poems. I gotta look it up, haven't read it in a minute.

on Wednesday I had to look up Robert Lowell's Eye and Tooth. "I am tired./ Everyone's tired of my turmoil."

[Wounded Bear]

19. Yeah, that particular passage strikes a note with me personally, I guess...

Just reading it nearly brings me to tears. The innate sadness of growing old.

[niyad]

7. I had to check the link!

[Prairie_Seagull]

9. BP steadily increased until I saw link.

[phylny]

10. I was about to say, "Sure, Jan."

[TeamProg]

12. Innocent people want to clear their name asap.

Um, that’s why TSF wants his trials to start immediately!

[barbtries]

14. that's what i've been saying.

if he was innocent in reality these trials would already be over. he's guilty as hell and he knows it

it took me to the 2nd or 3rd paragraph before i realized it was satire

[wolfie001]

15. The most beautiful experts

I hope we're getting to the "F around and find out" stage.

[ffr]

17. I hadn't thought of it that way. Totaly obvious now.

A great way to frame the argument.

[calimary]

18. Andy Borowitz!

[Dem2theMax]

22. One sentence in, and I thought it was The Onion.

Close!

[LymphocyteLover]

24. Ha ha, I was worried this was real until the 2nd paragraph

[Faux pas]

25. Lol

Almost got me

[Walleye]

26. The first couple of sentences I thought it may be either Jonathan Turley or Alan Dershowitz

[gordianot]

27. In his personality disordered state it is entirely possible Trump thinks he is innocent.

Satire is so challenging in the age of Trump who continues to walk unencumbered on the street.

[ananda]

28. Good one!

[Martin68]

29. LOL!

[diva77]

30. When I see a headline like that I wonder whether rethuglican lurkers will quote the headline to sway

their undecided friends who aren't deep thinkers. For this post, I would've preferred that the sarcasm emoji be displayed above the article.

[Smackdown2019]

31. Also Billionaires asks for donations of their struggling Flock

This guy we all know too well, brags up he is the greatest, healthiest, smartest man in the World, but he sidesteps that he is actually third to Putin and Kim Jong. Remember this man once said he does not have to have donations to fund his campaign? Of course Hook was set and the flock were reeled in with their hard earn money. Sickening this man is still free to do as he pleases.

[dalton99a]

33. Kick