"Fat Defense" Murder Suspect Convicted

McDonalds made me do it

Oh, I soooo hope this will be a 'Law and Order' episode! Love that show!!!!!!!!!!

His defense was based on the quantity of donuts he'd just eaten;

Lawyer: Tell us how many donuts did you consume on the night of the murder?

Edward: Ah remembers ah was real hongry and ah figger I et prolly 7 duz'n donuts before ah went out.

Lawyer: You mean 'ate.'

Edward: Uh, waal, might'a been it WERE eight duz'n ah et.

If he had a couple hundred more pounds, the court might would have bought this defense. Or if the victim was shot outside the house at one end of it and point blank range and he couldn't fit outside the door.

laughingiris wrote:

Oh, I soooo hope this will be a 'Law and Order' episode! Love that show!!!!!!!!!!

ha ha, me too -

you can actually name the cases that the episode is based upon.

laughingiris wrote:

Oh, I soooo hope this will be a 'Law and Order' episode! Love that show!!!!!!!!!!

Of course, being this big, it might me a matter of Law and Odor.

looks like a bite out of crime is over done here

Burt wrote:

McDonalds made me do it

u must hATE yo happy meal deal?:) transAtlantic FAT the sweetcheese?:-0

Uh Clem wrote:

His defense was based on the quantity of donuts he'd just eaten;
Lawyer: Tell us how many donuts did you consume on the night of the murder?
Edward: Ah remembers ah was real hongry and ah figger I et prolly 7 duz'n donuts before ah went out.
Lawyer: You mean 'ate.'
Edward: Uh, waal, might'a been it WERE eight duz'n ah et.

u r hATE milkyway BAR n assssoseeATeion? go have some green tea anti-oxygendating channel from Opral?:-0

Uh Clem wrote:

His defense was based on the quantity of donuts he'd just eaten;
Lawyer: Tell us how many donuts did you consume on the night of the murder?
Edward: Ah remembers ah was real hongry and ah figger I et prolly 7 duz'n donuts before ah went out.
Lawyer: You mean 'ate.'
Edward: Uh, waal, might'a been it WERE eight duz'n ah et.

Clem, you crack me up!

Purple Gurl wrote:

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Of course, being this big, it might me a matter of Law and Odor.

Stop! Stop! you's guyz...laughing so hard my tummy hurts!

Is this a death penalty case? By the look of this guy you're taxes are gonna go up just to keep him fed.

Sounds like the old "Twinkies" defense.

reprobate wrote:

Is this a death penalty case? By the look of this guy you're taxes are gonna go up just to keep him fed.

This is a slow death penalty. But the way the justice system works, if it was a capital case, the coronary artery disease would kill him before the needle.

And I don't understand why inmates can't smoke to make room for new inmates. As long as the inmate is getting the money from road crew or their family, then maybe they should be allowed to smoke.

NO2PC wrote:

Sounds like the old "Twinkies" defense.

Not exactly. This guy is claiming he was too fat to commit the crime. As for Dan White killing the mayor and city supervisor of San Francisco, well, the attorney used the candy bar as an excuse. A song by Romanovsky and Phillps says:

"Some man shot our first gay supervisor dead,
the Twinkies made him do it,
that's what his attorney said.
He could have gotten life, but got seven years instead.
Sounds suspiciously like homophobia to me."

Dan White killed not only Harvey Milk as mentioned in the song, but Mayor Moscone as well, and made attempts on at least 2 others. So here is a guy who tried to kill 4 people, succeeded in killing 2 of them, and claimed he had an overactive thyroid that was made worse by eating sweets. Neither the lawyer nor the killer said anything about Twinkies. Actually, it was a newspaper reporter who dubbed this as the Twinkies Defense. There were probably Snickers bars, Zagnuts, Ho-hos, Reese's Cups, honey buns, cream horns, donuts, etc., as well.

Purple Gurl wrote:

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This is a slow death penalty. But the way the justice system works, if it was a capital case, the coronary artery disease would kill him before the needle.
And I don't understand why inmates can't smoke to make room for new inmates. As long as the inmate is getting the money from road crew or their family, then maybe they should be allowed to smoke.

The problem is that the in-house doctors are too busy so they're trying to reduce their workload. So, no smoking might help. But these guys will run to doctor for any reason to get out of what they're supposed to be doing. It helps pass the time in doing time.

reprobate wrote:

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The problem is that the in-house doctors are too busy so they're trying to reduce their workload. So, no smoking might help. But these guys will run to doctor for any reason to get out of what they're supposed to be doing. It helps pass the time in doing time.

Yes, makes sense.

Fat defense at 285 pounds? That's about the average weight of the women who shop at Walmart in my area. Hope they're not "packing" (a piece)

RJF Dupage wrote:

Fat defense at 285 pounds? That's about the average weight of the women who shop at Walmart in my area. Hope they're not "packing" (a piece)

I guess you don't go trapping around Walmart?:)

reprobate wrote:

Is this a death penalty case? By the look of this guy you're taxes are gonna go up just to keep him fed.

quite the opposite his number is going to shrink