Posted by Editormum on 9 July 2003 in
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An Arkansas lawyer and his son have been charged with “intent to kill or injure” another resident of their town after they used the USPS to send a three-foot copperhead to the man, whose wife opened the package and called police. Neither the wife nor the intended victim was bitten by the snake. Reuters reports that the lawyer and his son could get 25 years if they are convicted. Motive has not yet been revealed, but the corpse of the snake will be used as evidence at the trial.
This story raises three questions in my mind:
First, since lawyers have a rule of professional courtesy, does this episode lay to rest the idea that lawyers and snakes are just different forms of the same species?
Second, why isn’t PETA demanding some sort of retribution for the mistreatment of this snake?
And finally, how in the heck did the postal service manage to get a three-foot snake delivered alive and unharmed, when the sealed letter I sent to a friend the first week of June arrived back at my house two days ago, shredded and crumpled beyond readability?!
Tags: humour, lawyer, news, postal service
Lawyer Uses USPS to Mail Snake to Enemy
An Arkansas lawyer and his son have been charged with “intent to kill or injure” another resident of their town after they used the USPS to send a three-foot copperhead to the man, whose wife opened the package and called police. Neither the wife nor the intended victim was bitten by the snake. Reuters reports that the lawyer and his son could get 25 years if they are convicted. Motive has not yet been revealed, but the corpse of the snake will be used as evidence at the trial.
This story raises three questions in my mind:
First, since lawyers have a rule of professional courtesy, does this episode lay to rest the idea that lawyers and snakes are just different forms of the same species?
Second, why isn’t PETA demanding some sort of retribution for the mistreatment of this snake?
And finally, how in the heck did the postal service manage to get a three-foot snake delivered alive and unharmed, when the sealed letter I sent to a friend the first week of June arrived back at my house two days ago, shredded and crumpled beyond readability?!
Tags: humour, lawyer, news, postal service