A Criminal Defense? (Limerick)
This three-verse limerick is based on a real Texas criminal case: “Lawyer admits napping at trial, but rates his performance an 8 or a 9.”
A Criminal Defense? (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A man got a sentence immense,
Then complained of a sleepy defense:
“My defense lawyer slept
Which makes him inept,
So a do-over trial makes sense.”
His lawyer contested the claim:
“I am not for that sentence to blame.
I slept just a while
And I ran a good trial.
Even dozing, I’m right on my game.”
On this statement the lawyer won’t budge,
And he even is running for judge.
I suppose that he thinks
When he’s caught forty winks,
His court clerk will just give him a nudge.
Tags: Attorney Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, Criminals, Daniel Textor Jr., Law Humor, Lawyers, Martin Zimmerman, Sleeping On The Job, Trial Humor
Good grief!
I object!
:-)
wow, thanks for keeping us in the loop!
yeah, thats who i want running my trial…one who’d rather sleep through the facts…
now now criminal is lawyer and lawyer criminal……. :O
And he wonders why there are so many lawyer jokes–JD = just dreaming…..
Quite amusing poem— unless that guy’s your lawyer.
This is really witty.
Sleeping on the job, eh? Very funny. Smiles :)
That’s a very funny limerick Madeleine I really like it, I suppose it’s taken from fact is it?
Yes, it’s based on an real legal case. Thanks everyone for your kind comments.