March 17, 2005

At No Cost

Judge: Whoa! You don't want to plead guilty because I'll throw you in jail right now. This is very serious. What you meant to say is that you want time to get a lawyer.

Young woman: I can't afford one. I'm not working.

Judge: I'll appoint a lawyer to represent you then at no cost to you.

Young woman: I can't afford a court-appointed lawyer.

Judge: "At no cost" means you don't have to pay.

Young woman: Oh. That'll be okay then.

Posted by Bill at March 17, 2005 07:53 PM
Comments

Let me guess, the court appointed you.

Posted by: KathyHowe at March 17, 2005 10:00 PM

Will she be able to tell you what she's supposed to have done?

Posted by: Anji at March 18, 2005 01:34 AM

Some people (hey, myself included) have a really hard time comprehending that there is anything free in this world... :) Maybe she's just one of "us".

Posted by: Keri at March 18, 2005 07:56 AM

listen here, lady
'not working' is no excuse.
can you afford peeps?

Posted by: Suzette at March 18, 2005 09:40 AM

LOL!

I concede!

Posted by: lucy at March 18, 2005 10:20 AM