Originally Posted by
TheHen
Actually, Slide's comment is pretty much what defense attorneys used as their closing arguments for drunk drivers prior to MADD. It translates as, "There but for the grace of God go you or I." It is a call to acquit.
I saw it more as a call for a light sentence. It does sound like a closing argument though, doesn't it?
Either way, I'm done with defending my skepticism. This is a forum of cyclists, and I would expect most if not all of us to take a car/bike collision seriously, and to be more likely to convict the driver than the general public if we were on such a jury -- including the people listed. And because of this, I would expect the defense to make sure that none of us were on the jury.