Re:Carlos Ghosn’s Brazen Escape from Japan
by UIUC_06 on Sunday August 07, 2022 @04:19PM
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There is an unfortunate effect that that kind of success record produces:
The judge figures that you must be guilty, or they wouldn't be charging you.
There's an old baseball story, where Rogers Hornsby (one of the greatest hitters of all time) is up, a pitch comes in, and the ump calls it a ball. The catcher turns around to complain.
The ump says "Young man, if that was a strike, Mr. Hornsby would have swung at it."
The judge figures that you must be guilty, or they wouldn't be charging you.
There's an old baseball story, where Rogers Hornsby (one of the greatest hitters of all time) is up, a pitch comes in, and the ump calls it a ball. The catcher turns around to complain.
The ump says "Young man, if that was a strike, Mr. Hornsby would have swung at it."