"Help!"You are in public you pass out and when you come to you realize you might be dying. You one have enough energy to say one thing before you die.
What would you say?
A funny thing from law (which you're undoubtedly familiar with) is the dying declaration hearsay exception. If someone is aware that they are dying imminently (e.g. bleeding to death or something) their statements at that moment are presumed to be true and are admissible despite the general hearsay rule. This of course has its origins in English common law, and also Judeo-Christianity which holds that when faced with one's mortality and impending moral accountability to God at the proverbial pearly gates, one will be saying truthful things.I'd point to someone random and tell everyone else he killed me.
man...thats a lot to say as you`re dyingA funny thing from law (which you're undoubtedly familiar with) is the dying declaration hearsay exception. If someone is aware that they are dying imminently (e.g. bleeding to death or something) their statements at that moment are presumed to be true and are admissible despite the general hearsay rule. This of course has its origins in English common law, and also Judeo-Christianity which holds that when faced with one's mortality and impending moral accountability to God at the proverbial pearly gates, one will be saying truthful things.I'd point to someone random and tell everyone else he killed me.
When the British ruled the Indian subcontinent and of course imposed their laws upon the various peoples there, they came across a problem: In parts of Hindu (or Seikh?) culture, it is customary for someone in their dying moments to slander their enemies, presumably because they won't be around to suffer any consequences for their defamatory statements.![]()
I love #### like this. Anyway, your post reminded me of that.
Friggin' lawyers.man...thats a lot to say as you`re dyingA funny thing from law (which you're undoubtedly familiar with) is the dying declaration hearsay exception. If someone is aware that they are dying imminently (e.g. bleeding to death or something) their statements at that moment are presumed to be true and are admissible despite the general hearsay rule. This of course has its origins in English common law, and also Judeo-Christianity which holds that when faced with one's mortality and impending moral accountability to God at the proverbial pearly gates, one will be saying truthful things.I'd point to someone random and tell everyone else he killed me.
When the British ruled the Indian subcontinent and of course imposed their laws upon the various peoples there, they came across a problem: In parts of Hindu (or Seikh?) culture, it is customary for someone in their dying moments to slander their enemies, presumably because they won't be around to suffer any consequences for their defamatory statements.![]()
I love #### like this. Anyway, your post reminded me of that.