Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes relates to Law and Justice through the eyes of Judge Alex Cormier first in this next section. She is fatigued by the trivial case she is trying and wonders aloud to the police prosecutor why "the taxpayers of New Hampshire (are) shelling out money for a case like this to be tried." I completely agree with Cormier's attitude towards this particular situation and will share with you the circumstances of the afore mentioned case:
"The two men standing in front of Alex's bench shared a duplex, but hated each other. Arliss Undergroot was a Sheetrock installer with tattoes up and down both arms, a shaved head, and enough piercings in his head to have set off the metal detectors at the courthouse. Rodney Eakes was a vegan bank teller with a prized record collection of original cast recordings fro Broadway shows. Arliss lived downstairs, Rodney lived upstairs. A few months back, Rodney had brought home a bale of hay, planning to use it for mulching his organic garden, but he never got around to it and the hay bale remained on Arliss's proch. Arliss asked Rodney to get rid of the hay, but Rodney hadn't moved fast enough. So one night, Arliss and his girlfriend cut the twine and spread the hay out over the front lawn."
Rodney called the police and they had actually arrested Arliss on the grounds of criminal mischief: legalspeak for destroying a bale of hay. The police prosecutor had already proved that Arliss had taken the bale of hay and spread it over the lawn, so the burden of proof was fulfilled. However, Cormier pities Arliss's situation: if convicted he would have a criminal record. So she instead asks the prosecutor how much the victim paid for the bale of hay. Ultimately, Arliss payed for the four dollar bale of hay and a fifteen-minute recess was called.
The rest of this section of reading focuses around Josie struggling with her grief as she returns to school, Cormier's incessant worrying about Josie when she's at school, and a flash back to the year before the shooting when Josie and Peter got along as coworkers in an office supply store, not law and justice. Better luck next time.
"The two men standing in front of Alex's bench shared a duplex, but hated each other. Arliss Undergroot was a Sheetrock installer with tattoes up and down both arms, a shaved head, and enough piercings in his head to have set off the metal detectors at the courthouse. Rodney Eakes was a vegan bank teller with a prized record collection of original cast recordings fro Broadway shows. Arliss lived downstairs, Rodney lived upstairs. A few months back, Rodney had brought home a bale of hay, planning to use it for mulching his organic garden, but he never got around to it and the hay bale remained on Arliss's proch. Arliss asked Rodney to get rid of the hay, but Rodney hadn't moved fast enough. So one night, Arliss and his girlfriend cut the twine and spread the hay out over the front lawn."
Rodney called the police and they had actually arrested Arliss on the grounds of criminal mischief: legalspeak for destroying a bale of hay. The police prosecutor had already proved that Arliss had taken the bale of hay and spread it over the lawn, so the burden of proof was fulfilled. However, Cormier pities Arliss's situation: if convicted he would have a criminal record. So she instead asks the prosecutor how much the victim paid for the bale of hay. Ultimately, Arliss payed for the four dollar bale of hay and a fifteen-minute recess was called.
The rest of this section of reading focuses around Josie struggling with her grief as she returns to school, Cormier's incessant worrying about Josie when she's at school, and a flash back to the year before the shooting when Josie and Peter got along as coworkers in an office supply store, not law and justice. Better luck next time.
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