Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 12, 2013

Sounds good to me.

Six, your comments are short, but damn they’re good….

Ruff justice.

It’s a trial of about a cat burglar….It doesn’t look good….

Many animals are good judges of people. One time I lived in a townhouse Apartment complex. many of my neighbors had to walk past my kitchen window on the way to their own back doors. My cat would sun himself at that window all of the time… there was one man, a family man about my age with kids, he appeared to me and my family to be a good person, always helpful, polite, kind, and had a strong faith in God… But every time he’d walk by our back window, if the cat was there, our cat would stand up and arch his back and hiss like crazy. Every time. after the first few instances of seeing my cat’s reaction to this guy, I never trusted or became close to him. I observed him and found him to be false and putting on an act. I would trust my cat’s opinion of a person before my own judgment or the word of another.

They’ll find him innocent. He can burgle all the cats he wants.

Time to swear the jury in…canines raise your right, rear legs and repeat after me…

Good one, Wiley, and I think it would be a great idea.Recommended book " Kinship With All Life" by J. Allen Boone, first published in 1954.

Do I see Petey in that jury?

Woof!

But then how would you keep them from biting the lawyers?

Sorry but it’s more about the facts when you’re in court.

Yes, they will doggedly pursue justice.

Work cheep, too

Best cartoon of the year. Miller for President.

If lawers couldnt reject qualified jurors for stupid reasons, like not liking their political views, bet we would get better jury’s. seems lawyers go for the lowest common denominator.

well, be dog gone; where is my paw? What fur? No napper.

While realizing that the animal character witness stories are anecdotal: What might be the reason for it? And can we find scientific evidence backing it up, which might lead to technological equivalents? Smell? Doesn’t seem so, with two stories about reacting to someone outside. Brain waves? Babies also react differently to people; maybe humans have that ability, and have to learn to ignore it to live in society. Or maybe that’s what makes for “charisma”; OTOH someone who can learn to manipulate it becomes a con man (or actor, or spy).

No. No defense lawyer will permit dogs if his client is a scumbag.

I was called to jury duty once, and noticed the D.P.A. dismissed anyone who provided an intelligent answer to a question. He was looking for dweebs who would deliver a guilty verdict, and for another victory with which he could burnish his resume.

This, then, is the American justice system.

Q. What will the judge say if he hears noise from the juror box?A. Hush Puppies!

Except of course, they’re not supposed to judge character, but the facts and applicable law. But that’s a lot harder than going on a feeling of whether or not the defendant is guilty.

Orion

@rick scott:

I guess with a 3 judge system, one could sue the pants off the justice system for a wrongful conviction. Jury, on the other hand, applies “common values” in handing out the punishment, hopefully gaining better acceptability and has no chance for the convicted party to sue even in a wrongful conviction (unless state withheld evidence and likes).

This jury pool is made of drool.

A jury of your pee-ers?

@omnius – What about OJ?

rerun, unfortunately, June 25 2009

Hmm . . . all I need to do is bring a set of car keys and some dog treats to the trial . . .

I wonder if a dog is more, or less, likely to try or skip out on the responsibility.And what excuse would a dog use?

my daughter had a dog who would growl and snarl @ the guys who came to take her out; until the man who would become her husband showed up and was met with wagging tail and whines of pleasure…..small children and animals have an innate sense of the real character of us humans.

well, of course they are!!!

I’m ready!

Ruff crowd

Could the fact that he was peeking into residents’ parked car windows have anything to do with a block captain’s surveillance?Did he go overboard, I think so, but he is not a cop and can’t be held liable. If the police would get there faster, maybe this would not have happened. Zimmerman would not have been attacked and he would not have to defend himself.

Humans being dumber than animals is news? I’ve long felt that sapience is nothing more than a cruel practical joke. Do we see animals buying things “not available in stores?” Or falling for, “But wait! There’s More?” Can we be so sure it’s really “God” and not “Dog?” (Okay, cheap reference to an older Non Sequitur strip; sue me.)

Uh oh … incorruptible jury! That’ll put a monkey wrench into the works …

Love me, love my dog ! Conversely, Anyone, over the years, that one of my dogs hasn’t liked and shown it ( not necessarily in an aggressive manner – dogs don’t have to growl and/or exhibit aggressive behavior ), I have found that 100% of the time the dog sensed something abiut that person that wasn’t right.Many dogs, many anecdotes but all true.Cats, on the other hand… I was given a Siamese/Burmese cross that looked like a long-haired miniature Saber-Toothed Tiger ( it had fangs ! ), that hated almost every human but me – and I’m not a cat aficionado. It loved big dogs, though. Go figure !

Linguist, Siamese cats can’t be included in anecdotes about cats….They’re different than real cats…I think they may be from another planet…..They are touched in the head, and like to sneak up on people and bite them….But cat’s who have spent too much time on the street alone, will probably always be leary of everything, especially humans….

My first cat had been on the street at least 8 months…It took years for her to trust me almost completely…..You can’t help but wonder what had happened to her before…..It’s kinda funny how pleased I was with myself for earning her trust….Just a cat, eh?

What if you are a cat person?

Cleanup the system? How about those unjustly tried and convicted? Maybe all of the civil servants involved should do as much time as he has.

Show me a “guy” who doesn’t like dogs, I’ll show you a jerk. Show me a “guy” dogs don’t like, and you’ve got a real “A” hole in one!

So it’s TRUE… animals CAN sense EVIL!!

Dogs can sense all sorts of things …fear, high blood sugar or even a persons personality…so this should work except for the barkers in the crowd!

Juries are supposed to judge innocent or guilt, based on evidence, not character.