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jebus
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Date: April 09, 2012 12:01PM
Picture you as a juror in a murder trial. The star witness for the prosecution claims to know that his neighbor has killed someone. There is no evidence of a crime, no murder weapon, and no motive. No body has been found, and no one is missing. The witness has given the name of the victim and his address. After a very thorough investigation, however, no evidence has been found supporting the existence of the victim.
The witness testifies that an "angel" presented him with a DVD on which was a recording of the accused neighbor committing the murder. Our witness has not actually watched the DVD, as it is in a foreign format that will not play on his Blu Ray. He claims though, to have seen the recording by looking at a magical rock placed in the bottom of his hat.
The prosecution witness is backed up by 11 of his closest friends and relatives. Three of them have signed a statement declaring that an angel showed them a DVD case which appeared to contain a DVD. They were told by the angel that the DVD contained documentation of the murder. They never saw the movie, but they are quite sure they had seen a genuine DVD. Eight of the witnesses' closest friends and family testified that although they never saw the angel or watched the movie, they were shown a plastic case containing a DVD. Some of them were only allowed to handle the DVD through a brown paper bag, but they are pretty confident that it was a real DVD. They testify that they believe the witnesses' story about the angel and the DVD.
The witness is asked by the court to provide the DVD as evidence, but unfortunately, the angel has taken back the DVD for safe keeping.
As a side note, the star witness was convicted last year of being a con man. He was found guilty of conning several people out of money by telling them that he had a magic rock that could reveal the location of buried treasure. This is the same rock he now claims allows him to view recordings on foreign DVD's that can't be played on U.S. DVD players.
As a juror, are you convinced?
(Please post criticisms and suggestions for improvement) (idea from example on mormon think)