{"id":155,"date":"2007-08-02T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocbenji.com\/blog\/?p=155"},"modified":"2007-08-02T14:17:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T19:17:00","slug":"i-plead-the-fif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/02\/i-plead-the-fif\/","title":{"rendered":"I plead the fif!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People Really Said These Things In Court   <\/p>\n<p>  Q: What is your date of birth?<br \/>\nA: July fifteenth.<br \/>\nQ: What year?<br \/>\nA: Every year. <\/p>\n<p>Q: This myasthenia gravis &#8211; does it affect your memory at all?<br \/>\nA: Yes.<br \/>\nQ: And in what ways does it affect your memory?<br \/>\nA: I forget.<br \/>\nQ: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you&#8217;ve forgotten? <\/p>\n<p>Q: All your responses must be oral, okay? What school did you go to?<br \/>\nA: Oral. <\/p>\n<p>Q: How old is your son &#8211; the one living with you.<br \/>\nA: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can&#8217;t remember which.<br \/>\nQ: How long has he lived with you?<br \/>\nA: Forty-five years. <\/p>\n<p>Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?<br \/>\nA: He said, &#8220;Where am I, Cathy?&#8221;<br \/>\nQ: And why did that upset you?<br \/>\nA: My name is Susan. <\/p>\n<p>Q: Sir, what is your IQ?<br \/>\nA: Well, I can see pretty well, I think. <\/p>\n<p>Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the voodoo occult?<br \/>\nA: We both do.<br \/>\nQ: Voodoo?<br \/>\nA: We do.<br \/>\nQ: You do?<br \/>\nA: Yes, voodoo. <\/p>\n<p>Q: Now doctor, isn&#8217;t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn&#8217;t know about it until the next morning? <\/p>\n<p>Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?<\/p>\n<p>Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?<br \/>\nQ: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war? <\/p>\n<p>Q: Did he kill you? <\/p>\n<p>Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision? <\/p>\n<p>Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true? <\/p>\n<p>Q: How many times have you committed suicide? <\/p>\n<p>Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?<br \/>\nA: Yes.<br \/>\nQ: And what were you doing at that time? <\/p>\n<p>Q: She had three children, right?<br \/>\nA: Yes.<br \/>\nQ: How many were boys?<br \/>\nA: None.<br \/>\nQ: Were there any girls? <\/p>\n<p>Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?<br \/>\nA: Yes.<br \/>\nQ: And these stairs, did they go up also? <\/p>\n<p>Q: Mr. Slattery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn&#8217;t you?<br \/>\nA: I went to Europe, sir.<br \/>\nQ: And you took your new wife? <\/p>\n<p>Q: How was your first marriage terminated?<br \/>\nA: By death.<br \/>\nQ: And by whose death was it terminated? <\/p>\n<p>Q: Can you describe the individual?<br \/>\nA: He was about medium height and had a beard.<br \/>\nQ: Was this a male, or a female? <\/p>\n<p>Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?<br \/>\nA: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. <\/p>\n<p>Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?<br \/>\nA: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.<br \/>\nQ: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?<br \/>\nA: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.<br \/>\nQ: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?<br \/>\nA: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People Really Said These Things In Court Q: What is your date of birth? 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