A Richie Story
This will show you a) my intelligence b) i used to be an asshole c) i used to want to be a trial lawyer
I did mock trial in high school. I was a lawyer. There was a witness on the stand, i caught her in a technicality lie but i pressed it and i got her so confused she had no idea what was going on. I got her to admit she had just lied on the stand, that she was under oath, that she knew what perjury was, that she just perjured herself and that she knew she was going to jail. I went too far - way beyond discrediting her - just to make sure she was fully discredited. I wanted to take no chances and I always relished the oportunity to show off my intelligence. We won the case but i got a low score. My coach and team forced me to apologize - i didnt want to - “if you’re going to swim with the sharks, you may get bitten” was my attitude - yea i know it was like running up the score but in reality there is no decorum in the court room (a lesson i learned a few years later by being screwed because of the courts)
After i asked the judge why i got a low score and that i thought it was unfair because i ripped her to shreds and clearly deserved a top score. He said because a jury would hold it against me and that you need to show emotion in front of a jury. I replied “but this was a bench trial - it’s your job to be impartial in the eyes of the law and i wanted to make sure you knew she was lying” He replied “you’ll make a great lawyer someday”
