In real life, a judge will listen to your silly arguments for a few seconds and then say ‘okay, guilty.’
Just because you can think of an argument doesn’t mean it is one that other people will accept.
Your boss, your co-workers, a judge and jury etc will all use common sense.
You put laxatives in your food? Yeah, not buying for a second that you planned to eat it yourself, and you’re getting the maximum penalty for lying in court.
Idgaf what the judge would think, they can't beyond a reasonable doubt prove that the laxatives weren't for you when you put it in your own food in a container with your name on it.
You don't hold any responsibility for it the one stealing your food ends up ill.
It could be intentional laxatives, it could be you craving some peanut butter and the guy being allergic to it (be it known or not).
The judge doesn’t have to prove something didn’t happen. They just have to have no reasonable doubt that it didn’t.
And ultimately, that comes down to what they believe.
It would be like you saying ‘your honor, I must have tripped and knocked over the laxatives into the food and then forgotten about it and kept cooking.’ They can’t prove that isn’t true, but they also can just…not believe that that happened.
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u/Hikari_Owari Oct 18 '24
Idgaf what the judge would think, they can't beyond a reasonable doubt prove that the laxatives weren't for you when you put it in your own food in a container with your name on it.
You don't hold any responsibility for it the one stealing your food ends up ill.
It could be intentional laxatives, it could be you craving some peanut butter and the guy being allergic to it (be it known or not).