<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JPan:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">The award may be far less for not showing up (so far) but you can't win the case unless you show up, either. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>But you couldn't win. The thing is a judicial system that in reality punishes people who want a real trial is a sham. Esp. if it is possible to destroy the life of someone because he did something every college student does. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Maybe if he had a case you could make this argument. He had no case. Worse, he put on a show designed to generate press and waste everyone's time. There are other, legitimate cases that could have been in court that day. Everyone involved could have been spending their time on something better. The guy used the legal system to waste everyone's time. He got on the stand and admitted that he did it. When you are willing to admit guilt, there is a process for that - pleading guilty. It saves everyone a lot of time. If you're going to plead not guilty, don't get up on the witness stand and admit your guilt.
