October 28, 2009

Fat Man Hopes To Sway Jury Of His Peers

by Balk posted @4:00 PM

Never seemed to bother himTo the frontiers of justice: "A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat." The unfortunately—or perhaps fortuitously, if you're his defense attorney—named Edward Ates will testify that his massive girth would have prevented him from running up and down a set of stairs where the murder occurred. "When the battered-wife defense was first used, it was considered abhorrent and bizarre. Jurors may be open to this in a society that talks about the infirmities that that obesity causes," says a noted trial lawyer. Okay!

 
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  1. kneetoe [#1881]

    This is just another permutation of the twinkie defense.

  2. cheveux [#2081]

    For a minute there, I was wondering what Chris Christie was doing going in front of a jury.

  3. HiredGoons [#603]

    This is a case for Vincent Gambini if I ever saw one.

  4. garge [#736]

    I hope they illustrate this scientifically for the jury in pictographs or pie charts.

  5. Natasha Vargas-Cooper [#664]

    IS THAT THE FAT EVIL GUY FROM 'PREACHER'??!?! I think so!!!

 

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