ericbomb@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoDrop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square607fedilinkarrow-up1917arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·17 days agoAbout 9/10 court scenes a lawyer walks around the well and doesn’t get beaten with a baton, really annoys me.
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoI’ve heard this said, can you verify for me where the lawyer stands? If his position is truly still behind his table, what if the witness/jurors are hard of hearing?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoThey get a microphone. In the old timey days and some low funding courts the lawyers have to be very good and loud speakers.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 days agoThen the lawyer asks permission before going anywhere. But if a witness or juror is hard of hearing, they’ll have aids/accomodations provided.
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 days agoyou just don’t enter the well without asking permission. it’s all behind the desk. it’s one of the most rampant tv law tropes that just isn’t realistic
About 9/10 court scenes a lawyer walks around the well and doesn’t get beaten with a baton, really annoys me.
I’ve heard this said, can you verify for me where the lawyer stands?
If his position is truly still behind his table, what if the witness/jurors are hard of hearing?
They get a microphone. In the old timey days and some low funding courts the lawyers have to be very good and loud speakers.
Then the lawyer asks permission before going anywhere. But if a witness or juror is hard of hearing, they’ll have aids/accomodations provided.
you just don’t enter the well without asking permission. it’s all behind the desk. it’s one of the most rampant tv law tropes that just isn’t realistic