November 27

Yes, I think it very accurate saying justice is blind. Along with that should be added that guilty or not guilty has no bearing what-so-ever! The hard fact, known by all, is that the results of a jury trial are not necessarily based on the true facts. In reality, true facts only serve as the core for any spoken. When two lawyers get before a judge and twelve of our peers, in a very short period, the facts get so beaten up that neither the judge nor the jury have any idea of the truth. Justice as far as being the quality or state of being just and unbiased is not! Justice is what the party with the best and most believable skewer of facts call it while the other party can only call it getting screwed.

Speaking of peers! I was 31 of 54 and made the mistake of wearing my glasses so I wasn't chosen. But what a diversified bunch we were. I don't want to sound high-falutin' but golly gee some of the others as my peers worries me quite a bit should I ever need a jury to decide for me. Thinking about what I just typed wouldn't apply if I had the best lawyer because some of my peers really did look gullible. I noticed a few made the cut too.

The plaintiff and the defendant were both from California, Missouri and each had two lawyers of which all were from Columbia. I went back to hear the openings and stayed for the first witness which was the defendant.

My short summarization is that a couple of inebriated women went out into the country to fellow friends house after midnight to visit. The one driving didn't want to leave as soon as the plaintiff so the plaintiff left the house to wait in the car. When the driver went to the car she found the plaintiff face down and unconscious beside the opened passenger door. The driver called out the man of the house and after the plaintiff regained some consciousness and threw up a couple of times, proceeded to help load her into the laid back passenger seat of the car. The driver took her home where an ambulance was finally called to get her out of the car and to a hospital.

The plaintiff ended up in the hospital for over three months because of a spinal injury and is now pretty well handicapped. She is suing the man of the house for the spinal injury that is said to have occurred when he put her into the car. This all happened in 2002 and I'm pretty sure there is a huge amount of money involved. I suspect the defendants legalist are hired by the insurance company and think the plaintiffs legalist are in for a cut of the possible proceeds as she didn't look like a person able to fund the process. I saw the little beat up car she was driving.

To find a sick and inebriated woman beside a car in front of your house wanting to go home, what would you have done? The trial may take three or four days and I'm sure lots of other stuff will come out so there is no way for anyone to judge from here who might get the justice and who will be the screwed. but I'm positive justice will be served.

Justice is only a commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.~ DD