A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried a creative defense to get his client off the hook.<\/p>\n
“My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few paltry items. His <\/em>arm is not himself, so I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an <\/em>offense committed solely by his arm.”<\/em><\/p>\n
“Well put,” the judge replied with a grin. “Using that same logic, I sentence the defendant’s arm to one year’s imprisonment. Your client can accompany the arm or not, as he chooses.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The defendant smiled. With his lawyer’s help, he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench and walked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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