Judge Berates Prosecutors In Xbox Modding Trial 285
mrbongo writes with this excerpt from Wired:
"Opening statements in the first-of-its-kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after a federal judge unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had 'serious concerns about the government's case.' ... Gutierrez slammed the prosecution over everything from alleged unlawful behavior by government witnesses, to proposed jury instructions harmful to the defense. When the verbal assault finally subsided, federal prosecutors asked for a recess to determine whether they would offer the defendant a deal, dismiss or move forward with the case that was slated to become the first jury trial of its type. A jury was seated Tuesday."
Re:Translation: Judge's son/nephew owns modded Xbo (Score:3, Funny)
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by competence.
Re: No Rage Allowed (Score:5, Funny)
Nobody should be subject to a verbal assault by a judge or other public employee.
Conversely, I find it hard to believe that a lawyer has ever received more than 1/2^64 of what they had coming to them in the ass-chewing department.
Re: No Rage Allowed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Translation: Judge's son/nephew owns modded Xbo (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Translation: Judge's son/nephew owns modded Xbo (Score:5, Funny)
Can I introduce you to the point? I don't think you two have met.
Re:Lets get the facts straight :-) (Score:3, Funny)