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So very funny and these are for real...

Some of the questions the lawyers have asked are so frivolous, that it is amazing

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Transcript 1:

LAWYER:    What did the tissue samples taken from the victim's vagina show?
WITNESS:   There were traces of semen.
LAWYER:    Male semen?
WITNESS:   That's the only kind I know of.

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Transcript 2:

LAWYER:    Did you ever sleep with him in New York?
WITNESS:   I refuse to answer that question.
LAWYER:    Did you ever sleep with him in Chicago?
WITNESS:   I refuse to answer that question.
LAWYER:    Did you ever sleep with him in Miami?
WITNESS:   No.

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Transcript 3:

LAWYER:    So, after the anaesthetic, when you came out of it, what did you observe with                  respect to your scalp?
WITNESS:   I didn't see my scalp the whole time I was in the hospital.
LAWYER:    It was covered?
WITNESS:   Yes. Bandaged.
LAWYER:    Then, later on, what did you see?
WITNESS:   I had a skin graft. My whole buttocks and leg were removed and put on top 
                 of my head.
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Transcript 4:

CLERK:        Please repeat after me: "I swear by Almighty God..."
WITNESS:    "I swear by Almighty God."
CLERK:        "That the evidence that I give..."
WITNESS:    That's right.
CLERK:        Repeat it.
WITNESS:    "Repeat it".
CLERK:        No! Repeat what I said.
WITNESS:    What you said when?
CLERK:        "That the evidence that I give..."
WITNESS:    "That the evidence that I give."
CLERK:        "Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS:    It will, and nothing but the truth!
CLERK:        Please, just repeat after me: "Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS:    I'm not a scholar, you know.
CLERK:        We can appreciate that. Just repeat after me: "Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS:    "Shall be the truth and."
CLERK:        Say: "Nothing...".
WITNESS:    OK. (Witness remains silent.)
CLERK:        No! Don't say nothing. Say: "Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS:    Yes.
CLERK:        Can't you say: "Nothing but the truth..."?
WITNESS:    Yes.
CLERK:        Well? Do so.
WITNESS:    You're confusing me.
CLERK:        Just say: "Nothing but the truth...".
WITNESS:    Is that all?
CLERK:        Yes.
WITNESS:    OK. I understand.
CLERK:        Then say it.
WITNESS:    What?
CLERK:        "Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS:    But I do! That's just it.
CLERK:        You must say: "Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS:    I WILL say nothing but the truth!
CLERK:        Please, just repeat these four wordS:    "Nothing", "But", "The", "Truth".
WITNESS:    What? You mean, like, now?
CLERK:        Yes! Now. Please. Just say those four words.
WITNESS:    "Nothing. But. The. Truth."
CLERK:        Thank you.
WITNESS:    I'm just not a scholar.

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