Court movies where the verdict didn't make sense
01-26-04, 05:28 PM
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Court movies where the verdict didn't make sense
Don't ask why, but I watched the last 30 minutes of Coed Call Girl starring the oscar worthy Tori Spelling. In the movie, Tori shoots her pimp in the back.
During the big courtroom scene , when the defense questioned the victim (Tori's pimp) all they got him to admit was that the 'escort service' business can be shady. Then Tori takes the stand, cries about how she digraced her family,admits to shooting the guy, and the next thing I know, the jury finds her Not Guilty of all charges.
Even with the reality meter stretched to the limit, I couldn't believe that a person could get away with shooting a someone in the back by tearing up in front of the jury.
What other courtroom movies end with a decision by the jury that flies in the face of all logic?
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During the big courtroom scene , when the defense questioned the victim (Tori's pimp) all they got him to admit was that the 'escort service' business can be shady. Then Tori takes the stand, cries about how she digraced her family,admits to shooting the guy, and the next thing I know, the jury finds her Not Guilty of all charges.
Even with the reality meter stretched to the limit, I couldn't believe that a person could get away with shooting a someone in the back by tearing up in front of the jury.
What other courtroom movies end with a decision by the jury that flies in the face of all logic?
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01-26-04, 09:05 PM
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Well, it's not the jury decision, but Judge Howell overruling Vincent Gambini's "lucid, intelligent, well-thought out objection" in My Cousin Vinny always bothered me. If it was such a good objection, why did he overrule it? 
01-26-04, 11:23 PM
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Originally posted by talemyn
Well, it's not the jury decision, but Judge Howell overruling Vincent Gambini's "lucid, intelligent, well-thought out objection" in My Cousin Vinny always bothered me. If it was such a good objection, why did he overrule it?
Well, it's not the jury decision, but Judge Howell overruling Vincent Gambini's "lucid, intelligent, well-thought out objection" in My Cousin Vinny always bothered me. If it was such a good objection, why did he overrule it?
01-27-04, 02:09 AM
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The verdict in a Time to Kill should have been set aside and a verdict in line with the law would have been more appropriate.
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01-27-04, 02:25 PM
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Originally posted by bothanspy
The verdict in a Time to Kill should have been set aside and a verdict in line with the law would have been more appropriate.
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The verdict in a Time to Kill should have been set aside and a verdict in line with the law would have been more appropriate.
SPY
01-27-04, 02:40 PM
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Originally posted by talemyn
Well, it's not the jury decision, but Judge Howell overruling Vincent Gambini's "lucid, intelligent, well-thought out objection" in My Cousin Vinny always bothered me. If it was such a good objection, why did he overrule it?
Well, it's not the jury decision, but Judge Howell overruling Vincent Gambini's "lucid, intelligent, well-thought out objection" in My Cousin Vinny always bothered me. If it was such a good objection, why did he overrule it?
01-27-04, 03:26 PM
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Originally posted by milo bloom
Jay v. The Quickstop...
Jay v. The Quickstop...
One that always bothered me a little was Rules of Engagement. Spoiler alert:
The whole world was against him, there was no evidence, no other eyewitnesses, no one in court saw the videotape, no one believed his story, and then out of the blue the jury comes back with Not Guilty (and for no apparent reason).
01-27-04, 03:45 PM
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Originally posted by bothanspy
The verdict in a Time to Kill should have been set aside and a verdict in line with the law would have been more appropriate.
SPY
The verdict in a Time to Kill should have been set aside and a verdict in line with the law would have been more appropriate.
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Did he deserve a long time in jail? No, but that sort of action can't just be...allowed. IMO.
01-28-04, 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by Giles
not necesarily a verdict, but I couldn't stand the ending of "Clear and Present Danger" with the court room scene - I always felt like the movie just wimped out there at the end.
not necesarily a verdict, but I couldn't stand the ending of "Clear and Present Danger" with the court room scene - I always felt like the movie just wimped out there at the end.
That (I believe) was the Senate Oversights Commitee. Was it not?
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Originally posted by Giles
yeah and if you noticed I just deleted my original posting due to ignorance and complete embarasement. Nevermind.
yeah and if you noticed I just deleted my original posting due to ignorance and complete embarasement. Nevermind.
Last week I mentioned Taxi driver and Godfather in the same sentence, and without thinking I went on to talk about how Martin Scorsese directed Godfather. I had to give myself forty lashes for that one.
