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Judge Berates Prosecutors In Xbox Modding Trial
mrbongo writes with this excerpt from Wired:
"Opening statements in the first-of-its-kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after a federal judge unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had 'serious concerns about the government's case.' ... Gutierrez slammed the prosecution over everything from alleged unlawful behavior by government witnesses, to proposed jury instructions harmful to the defense. When the verbal assault finally subsided, federal prosecutors asked for a recess to determine whether they would offer the defendant a deal, dismiss or move forward with the case that was slated to become the first jury trial of its type. A jury was seated Tuesday."
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by competence.
Nobody should be subject to a verbal assault by a judge or other public employee.
Conversely, I find it hard to believe that a lawyer has ever received more than 1/2^64 of what they had coming to them in the ass-chewing department.
Violence is like duct tape. If it doesn't solve the problem, you didn't use enough.
Just a quick reminder that you're reading /. comments.
Violence is like duct tape. If it doesn't solve the problem, you didn't use enough.
Yes, that was the joke, thank you.
Prediction: The real iPhone killer is going to be sex robots from Japan. Think about it.
Can I introduce you to the point? I don't think you two have met.
You are welcome on my lawn.
That is not rape. That is just a gold digging bitch trying to get one over on someone and instead having one gotten over on her.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?