A man who was jailed on the fantasy evidence of a single hair

Re:A man who was jailed on the fantasy evidence of a single ... by LordKano on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @03:51PM (#9774049)

Probably he wanted to lean on my immediate statement of "this is broken but I am fixing it tomorrow" in any trial, like, "he immediately confessed to the crime."

That's precisely why he asked the question in the first place. Never admit to anything.

A few years ago, I got a ticket for driving with an expired inspection sticker. I knew it was expired and it was my fault so I wasn't going to try to argue my way out of it but when the officer asked if I knew why he pulled me over, I said "I have a pretty good idea, officer but I'm not going to say it out loud."

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Re:A man who was jailed on the fantasy evidence of a single ... by waqf on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @05:35PM (#9774651)

Hmm, I wouldn't try that again.

  Prosecutor: In Officer Wiggum's evidence he stated that you said you had a
  "pretty good idea" why he pulled you over.  Is that correct?
  You: I guess.
  Prosecutor: And what was that idea?

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Re:A man who was jailed on the fantasy evidence of a single ... by LordKano on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @05:42PM (#9774690)

I could respond to that with "I'm going to assert my 5th amendment right and not answer that question" or "That was several months ago, I don't recall exactly what I thought" or "Because it was near the end of the month and I believe that officers have quotas to meet" or "Because I'm black".

All of that is moot. Where I live, there's no prosecutor involved for traffic tickets.

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Re:A man who was jailed on the fantasy evidence of a single ... by spacemanmatt on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @07:32PM (#9775145)

That idea, was that I am a wax tadpole. Was that also your idea?

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