Comments on: “Lawyer wants jinn to testify in court”

By: Defense Lawyer Objects to Testimony of Genie Expert |

Defense Lawyer Objects to Testimony of Genie Expert | — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:18:04 +0000

[…] to this report (via Overlawyered), in 2010 a Saudi defense lawyer demanded that a genie be summoned to testify in open court if the […]

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:28:33 +0000

Hey, I’ve seen that story:

http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/dressing-psychiatrists-like-wizards-on-the-witness-stand/

By: smart dude

smart dude — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:05:19 +0000

Reminds me of the legislative proposal in New Mexico to have psychologists testifying in court dressed as wizards. (No, I am not making this up).

Specifically, the expert witness “shall wear a cone-shaped hat that is not less than two feet tall. The surface of the hat shall be imprinted with stars and lightning bolts.”

The psychologist “shall be required to don a white beard that is not less than 18 inches in length, and shall punctuate crucial elements of his testimony by stabbing the air with a wand…. the bailiff shall contemporaneously dim the courtroom lights and administer two strikes to a Chinese gong.”

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:34:13 +0000

This could be used as a great opportunity to rid Saudi courts of the whole ‘magic, witchcraft, jinn’ nonsense, but it won’t. Instead, there will be hearings upon hearings, with a likely result that the case gets dropped. Judges look after themselves around the world.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:54:41 +0000

awesome defense. Of course, we have that Daubert standard thing here.