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Pirate Bay Day 5 — Prosecution Tries To Sneak In Evidence

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-sneaky-enough dept.

Hodejo1 writes "On the old Perry Mason TV shows, it was a common sight to see someone burst into the crowded courtroom at a dire moment and confess aloud that they, not the defendant, killed so-and-so. In reality, courts do not allow evidence to enter trial without a chance for the opposing council to view it and for a judge to rule on their admissibility. Yet, in the fifth day of the Pirate Bay trial, lawyers for the prosecution again tried to sneak in surprise evidence while questioning defendants. The judge put his foot down this time, telling lawyers for the state, 'If you have documents which you eventually plan to use, you need to hand them over now.' The prosecution continues to struggle in court. In one humorous moment, prosecutor Håkan Roswall tried to show how 'hip' he was with technology when he questioned defendant Peter Sunde. 'When did you meet [Gottfrid] for the first time IRL?' asked the Prosecutor. 'We do not use the expression IRL,' said Peter, 'We use AFK.' The defendants are not out of the woods yet. Lawyer and technology writer Richard Koman wonders aloud if the Pirate Bay's 'I-dunno' defense is all that much better."

12 of 341 comments (clear)

  1. IRL, the prosecution is AFK. by Rockoon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is the prosecution secretly against copyrights?

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  2. Re:FAO Editors by SupremoMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's as the prosecutors would put it "epic fail."

  3. We do not use the expression IRL, we use AFK. by BlueParrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I sense a new meme in the making?

    1. Re:We do not use the expression IRL, we use AFK. by TechForensics · · Score: 4, Funny

      An Feste Korper? In the Solid Body?

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  4. ack! by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We do not use the expression IRL. We use 'ACK! THBBBT!'"

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    This guy's the limit!
  5. Re:Doesn't matter by Artuir · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's always Sealand! :D

    Oh, wait..

    Well, at least they tried.

  6. Re:FAO Editors by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're missing the point. Part of the editors' job ought to be to fix errors in submissions before posting them.

    New here?

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  7. Re:FAO Editors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are quite right, council is spelled council in the UK... just like it is here in the US of A. There are many other words we spell the same as well - like paper, law, sausage, and ... counsel.

  8. Re:FAO Editors by b4dc0d3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    Figured. You sound British.

  9. Re:FAO Editors by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good luck with that!

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  10. Re:FAO Editors by MightyYar · · Score: 3, Funny

    See? I still can't get it right! :)

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  11. Re:FAO Editors by zmollusc · · Score: 3, Funny

    To be blunt, yes!

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