A Day in Court
After a laborious two-week criminal trial in a very
high-profile bank robbery case, the jury finally ended its
14 hours of deliberations and entered the courtroom to
deliver its verdict to the judge.
The judge turned to the jury foreman and asked, “Has the
jury reached a verdict in this case?”
“Yes we have, Your Honor,” the foreman responded.
“Please pass it to me,” the judge declared, as he motioned
for the bailiff to retrieve the verdict slip from the
foreman and deliver it to him.
After the judge read the verdict himself, he delivered the
verdict slip back to his bailiff to be returned to the
foreman. He then instructed the foreman, “Please read your
verdict to the court.”
“We find the defendant NOT GUILTY of all four counts of bank
robbery,” announced the foreman.
The family and friends of the defendant jumped for joy at
the sound of the “not guilty” verdict, and they hugged each
other as they shouted expressions of divine gratitude. The
defendant’s attorney turned to his client and asked, “So,
what do you think about that?”
The defendant looked around the courtroom slowly with a
bewildered look on his face and then turned to his defense
attorney and said, “I’m real confused here. Does this mean
that I have to give all the money back?”
bewildered look on his face and then turned to his defense
attorney and said, “I’m real confused here. Does this mean
that I have to give all the money back?”
