Biodiversity - 20120330

Inside a court room, we could see all sorts of peculiar things.

A 27-year-old lady was convicted of "conspiracy to defraud". The lady, with a golden pigtail, was frail. When she heard the sentence of 21 months imprisonment, she almost fainted. Her boyfriend, a fat and rather stocky guy, together with three little girls, with age ranging from around four to twelve, intended to support the convicted. Nevertheless, children were sent out of the court before the hearing began. The defence counsel pleaded, rather unskifully, that the lady, as a mother of four children, and was expecting the fifth one, was remorseful for the crime. The magistrate asked the expected date of labouring. The defence counsel, and even the lady herself, awfully did not know.

It is hard to think, at such a modern era, and under that outrageously high living standard, that there is still someone who would not give a damn on birth control. It is an uncommon scene even among Catholics.

A youngster was charged of indecent assaults. Two ladies, both in black skirts, with stockings in the same colour, alleged that the defendant touched their hips, one by one. When the events occurred, the two ladies were together in a group of eight in boys and girls. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The magistrate, though openly said that the suspected was not a honest witness, acquitted the youngster by giving him the benefit of doubt. The main point was, the girls were not sure which part of the boy's hand was on their hips.

So, it was difficult for conviction to be rendered, as witness may not have a full picture on the event. Thus, do not plead guilty lightly.

The case is even more likely if you are rich. The ability of counsel matters, greatly. Seasoned barristers charge sky-high fee. However, they are experts of court procedure, and magicians of interpretation.

Like the meaning of "construction site". This solid term is quite malleable to those learned few. When the works stop, construction site becomes home again. And no matter how tiny our apartments are, it could be compartmentalized into living and non-living area. Dazed.