Feel The Pain
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Background Noise: I Remember
Random Thought: Is it time for bed yet?
Mood: umph
CHICAGO, IL: AP In the second day of evidence presented by the defense for Barb Peters, counsel attempted to recreate for the jury the day of Sunday March 12. They were awoken at 6, reminded that they found shit on the kitchen floor, and made to walk across wet carpet to simulate the fact that Ms. Hurst had broken an ice-cube tray the night before and left the ice on the rug to melt. After giving them a glimmer of hope that they could enjoy the Sunday paper and coffee, they were instead talked at for an hour by Flynn, just as Ms. Peters was on that Sunday by Ms. Hurst, who laughed at the melted-ice misfortune. Flynn also explained that Ms. Peters avoided asking about the feces because no one would have owned up to it, and would have instead tried to blame one of the innocent cats. After two more hours, defense promised the jury the best omelets ever, only to deny them, just as Ms. Peters was denied on the 12th because neither of her companions could get their asses in gear in time to wait for a table and still make the parade on time, despite the fact that everyone had been up for those two hours. Flynn then subjected the courtroom to 45 minutes of waiting to stand in for the subway ride to 95/Dan Ryan, then 30 more to wait for Ms. Hurst’s sister, then 20 more for the bus ride to the parade. Ms. Peters took the hour allotted for the parade portion that they did see to further explain the circumstances. [excerpt from court transcripts]
“…It was just really frustrating to spend nearly 3 hours in transit
for a parade that we only saw half of. Especially when their lack of
preparedness the day before resulted in my missing the big parade in
downtown Chicago—only 5 minutes away. Sure, we saw the green
river, but afterwards we ended up meeting up with friends of theirs
from New York. Then on Sunday they spent the majority of the time
en route to and from the parade and at the parade trying to get in
contact with another New York friend [Lindsay] so that we could meet
up with her. Call me crazy, but I thought they had come to Chicago to
visit me, not hang out with people they work with in NYC. After coming
back from the South Side parade around 5 we ate and I had hoped to let
them meet up with Lindsay so that I could go home and enjoy watching
Grey’s Anatomy in peace. Unfortunately they nixed that idea and came
home with me only to want to watch The Sopranos and Big Love. I
decided that it would probably be better to just watch my shows from
the week after they left, so that I could relax and enjoy them…”
After Ms. Peters testimony, Flynn again made the courtroom wait for the duration of the bus and train ride before allowing them to eat and go home, as the real-time description of the day of March 12, 2006 took 12 hours. The Judge allowed such an irregularity after Flynn explained that there was no other way for him to convey the suffering his client had endured and promised that no further day-long enterprises would be necessary because Ms. Peters had to go to work each of the rest of the days that the victims were in town, and therefore was unable to spend most of the day with them. Defense counsel had already hinted that tomorrow’s testimony with be another shocker, and will explain what led up to Ms. Peters inquiry to the process of changing her locks.
Random Thought: Is it time for bed yet?
Mood: umph
CHICAGO, IL: AP In the second day of evidence presented by the defense for Barb Peters, counsel attempted to recreate for the jury the day of Sunday March 12. They were awoken at 6, reminded that they found shit on the kitchen floor, and made to walk across wet carpet to simulate the fact that Ms. Hurst had broken an ice-cube tray the night before and left the ice on the rug to melt. After giving them a glimmer of hope that they could enjoy the Sunday paper and coffee, they were instead talked at for an hour by Flynn, just as Ms. Peters was on that Sunday by Ms. Hurst, who laughed at the melted-ice misfortune. Flynn also explained that Ms. Peters avoided asking about the feces because no one would have owned up to it, and would have instead tried to blame one of the innocent cats. After two more hours, defense promised the jury the best omelets ever, only to deny them, just as Ms. Peters was denied on the 12th because neither of her companions could get their asses in gear in time to wait for a table and still make the parade on time, despite the fact that everyone had been up for those two hours. Flynn then subjected the courtroom to 45 minutes of waiting to stand in for the subway ride to 95/Dan Ryan, then 30 more to wait for Ms. Hurst’s sister, then 20 more for the bus ride to the parade. Ms. Peters took the hour allotted for the parade portion that they did see to further explain the circumstances. [excerpt from court transcripts]
“…It was just really frustrating to spend nearly 3 hours in transit
for a parade that we only saw half of. Especially when their lack of
preparedness the day before resulted in my missing the big parade in
downtown Chicago—only 5 minutes away. Sure, we saw the green
river, but afterwards we ended up meeting up with friends of theirs
from New York. Then on Sunday they spent the majority of the time
en route to and from the parade and at the parade trying to get in
contact with another New York friend [Lindsay] so that we could meet
up with her. Call me crazy, but I thought they had come to Chicago to
visit me, not hang out with people they work with in NYC. After coming
back from the South Side parade around 5 we ate and I had hoped to let
them meet up with Lindsay so that I could go home and enjoy watching
Grey’s Anatomy in peace. Unfortunately they nixed that idea and came
home with me only to want to watch The Sopranos and Big Love. I
decided that it would probably be better to just watch my shows from
the week after they left, so that I could relax and enjoy them…”
After Ms. Peters testimony, Flynn again made the courtroom wait for the duration of the bus and train ride before allowing them to eat and go home, as the real-time description of the day of March 12, 2006 took 12 hours. The Judge allowed such an irregularity after Flynn explained that there was no other way for him to convey the suffering his client had endured and promised that no further day-long enterprises would be necessary because Ms. Peters had to go to work each of the rest of the days that the victims were in town, and therefore was unable to spend most of the day with them. Defense counsel had already hinted that tomorrow’s testimony with be another shocker, and will explain what led up to Ms. Peters inquiry to the process of changing her locks.
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