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Look, Your Honor. I\u2019m not making excuses for what I did. I just think you\u2019re riding me a little hard. It\u2019s been almost a month since the spate of criminal activity in regards to which I appear before you now. I\u2019ve had a lot of time to consider my actions since then. And I can tell you unequivocally: Yes, everyone at that zoo would still be alive if I hadn\u2019t done what I did. But here\u2019s the thing, friendo. I\u2019m no jailhouse lawyer, but I do know the Fourth Amendment: Thou shalt forgive.<\/i> And the Fifth Amendment: Thou shalt honor the Sabbath day and keep it holy.<\/i> And the Ninth Amendment, the retention of rights not enumerated in the Constitution by the people. <\/i><\/p>\n
I can see from the disgusted curl of your lip that you\u2019re not feeling so sympathetic today. Please, remember the words of Rabbi Akiva: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.<\/i> In this case, I think that means a lax approach to what is, frankly, a stifling letter of the law. <\/p>\n
Right now, you seem ready to drop two or more years on me like it\u2019s just no big thing. Your Honor \u2013 as George Harrison once said, why not \u201cLet It Be\u201d? <\/p>\n
Yes, I did hear what the D.A. said. <\/p>\n
Yes, the tigers, the bears, the children, the parents, the uncles and aunts, the in-laws, the ibex, the wildebeest, even the humble moose. The second cousins and the Guatemalan beaded lizards, the Cornelian be-horned pachyderms. They all deserved to live. On the other hand, you\u2019re really riding my ass here. <\/p>\n
I mean, excuse my French, but look me in the eye, buddy. Tell me I deserve this. Okay. But I know you know I didn\u2019t mean anything by it. And you know this isn\u2019t something to throw my life away over. Why add one more lost future to the still-growing, smoldering pile? Plus, I\u2019m important to the company I work for. I don\u2019t think they could do without me for the six to twelve months my attorney wants, let alone the twenty-five years without possibility of parole the prosecution is asking for. <\/p>\n
I think you\u2019ve gotten to be kind of a moralist in your old age, to be honest, and I don\u2019t know if that befits a federal circuit court judge. <\/p>\n
In closing, just crawl out of my ass, Your Honor. Damn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Daniel Moattar Nov. 13, 2014 Look, Your Honor. I\u2019m not making excuses for what I did. I just think you\u2019re riding me a little hard. It\u2019s been almost a month since the spate of criminal activity in regards to which I appear before you now. I\u2019ve had a lot of time to consider my actions since then. And I can tell you unequivocally: Yes, everyone at that zoo would still be alive if I hadn\u2019t done what I did. But here\u2019s the thing, friendo. I\u2019m no jailhouse lawyer, but I do know the Fourth Amendment: Thou shalt forgive. And the Fifth Amendment: Thou shalt honor the Sabbath day and keep it holy. And the Ninth Amendment, the retention of rights not enumerated in the Constitution by the people. I can see from the disgusted curl of your lip that you\u2019re not feeling so sympathetic today. Please, remember the words of Rabbi Akiva: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In this case, I think that means a lax approach to what is, frankly, a stifling letter of the law. Right now, you seem ready to drop two or more years on me like it\u2019s just no big thing. Your Honor \u2013 as George Harrison once said, why not \u201cLet It Be\u201d? Yes, I did hear what the D.A. said. Yes, the tigers, the bears, the children, the parents, the uncles and aunts, the in-laws, the ibex, the wildebeest, even the humble moose. The second cousins and the Guatemalan beaded lizards, the Cornelian be-horned pachyderms. They all deserved to live. On the other hand, you\u2019re really riding my ass here. I mean, excuse my French, but look me in the eye, buddy. Tell me I deserve this. Okay. But I know you know I didn\u2019t mean anything by it. And you know this isn\u2019t something to throw my life away over. Why add one more lost future to the still-growing, smoldering pile? Plus, I\u2019m important to the company I work for. I don\u2019t think they could do without me for the six to twelve months my attorney wants, let alone the twenty-five years without possibility of parole the prosecution is asking for. I think you\u2019ve gotten to be kind of a moralist in your old age, to be honest, and I don\u2019t know if that befits a federal circuit court judge. In closing, just crawl out of my ass, Your Honor. Damn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3167,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions\/3167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}