Se non è vero, è molto ben trovato.

No, sir. I mean to swat him [in] the head with it. Pursuant to Rule 32, I may use the deposition “for any purpose” and that is the purpose for which I want to use it.

James Grimmelmann opines:

So if they catch the [Potomac] sniper – and we all hope that “if” is really a “when” – I would find it harder to make the claim that he should live than to make such a claim on behalf of an African-American teen convicted by an all-white jury on the testimony of unreliable police informant for a convenience-store robbery gone wrong. Much harder.

Written on October 22.

Miles Kington channels A.P.Herbert, sorta: introductory remarks; motive. (Thanks to Michael Travers.)