Things That Suck Like A Porn Star

[Section 40]

Hidden power lines.

A Verizon technician installing high-speed-Internet cables in Brooklyn was electrocuted and set aflame Wednesday when he accidentally touched a hidden power line.

"They turned him off with the extinguisher - then he just lit back on fire."



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/201 ... z1Y2UA98Tk

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/201 ... orker.html

[tballa55]

i bet Time Warner was behind it.

[Section 40]

[Mr. X]

blowing out a tire at 70 MPH

[Section 40]

Hopefully it was a rear tire.

[Mr. X]

nope, front drivers side. I was lucky and didn't crash.

[Section 40]

You're very lucky there indeed. A little increased heart rate after all was said and done and the car came to a halt?

[tballa55]

an innocent man getting the death penalty tonight, sick country

[AY]

I don't know for sure if he was innocent, but he should have been spared.

[B Luc]

Beyond a reasonable doubt is a pretty clear theory of law.

An extraordinary hearing last year ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court gave Davis the rare opportunity to present evidence of his innocence as part of a petition for a new trial. The judge overseeing the hearing ruled that the state's case against Davis "may not be ironclad" and agreed that Davis had raised some doubts about his conviction, but concluded that he had not provided the court with compelling evidence of his innocence and denied the request for a retrial.

[AY]

what an idiot

[lugnutz]

Natural selection wins every time!

[Jackie Treehorn]

Beyond a reasonable doubt is a pretty clear theory of law.

It sort of isn't though. What's "reasonable"?

[B Luc]

Key part is the beyond. Reasoning Doubt you can infer to mean "It is likely that...". But to convict, you need to prove with certainty.

[K-G]

Isn't it different to convict than to overturn though??