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Originally Posted by Merlin
The closest I got was on jury call for a week for the County. Never got called in though. I would LOVE to be on a jury for one of these people who sue for stupidity and WIN. Like spilling coffee on yourself or suing McDonald's because you are fat. I am not a small guy and I will admit that I love McDonald's. But is their fault I pay to eat their food? Um no...lol. What is the old saying when one of those cases win? "The District Attorney was so stupid that he found 12 people that were too stupid to avoid jury duty."
Steven Avery is a good reason to bring back the death penalty. So was Ed Geene (sp?) and Jeffry Dahlmer and anyone who intentionally kills a police officer.
A few years back, armed robbery and murder carried the same sentence, 25 years. So if you robbed someone you might as well kill them because you wouldn't get anything more if you got caught. Now there was a law to protect the citizen's!!! I don't believe it's like that anymore but even so, why should we imprison someone for life and basically pay for a roof over their head, TV, meals, library, work outs, etc?
everyone rips on the lady who sues mcdonalds. but nobody knows the facts of the case.
1: Stella Liebeck was a 79-year-old grandmother who was the passenger in her grandson's car.
2: McDonalds served the coffee at roughly 190 degrees. 190 Degree liquid will cause third-degree burns within 2-7 seconds of contact with the skin.
3: Stella was wearing cotton jogging pants, and the 190 degree liquid soaked into the pants. She received third-degree burns to her thighs and genitals. This is what a third-degree burn looks like:
http://corpreform.typepad.com/corpre...burn-thumb.jpg
4: McDonalds admitted that the coffee was not fit for human consumption at the temperature they served it.
5: Over 700 men, women, and children had been burned prior to Stella's lawsuit.
6: Stella offered to settle with McDonalds just for her medical bills. They refused.