"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>> You know what I never understood. . .Martha got prison time for
>> lying--right? How come they never applied that rule to that juror that
>> lied about prior run-ins with the law? I'm not being a smart aleck,
>> here, I just don't understand. If the big federal point was all about
>> lying, how come it didn't apply to the juror. Actually, if you wanted to
>> be a stickler about it, how come it didn't apply to the fingerprint(or
>> was it ink) analysis guy that lied by implication that he did the actual
>> analysis himself?
>> Janet
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> It should matter and they should be punished. If they were, it did not
> make the papers. Of course, they are not celebrities either.
yeah, It's really difficult to not be cynical about everything, isn't it?
One thing I learned from the corporate world years ago was that a particular
set of facts or numbers could be made to tell any story. It all pretty much
depends upon the willingness of the audience to play along as they perceive
their goals being met.
Janet