It is 37 degrees this morning and still drizzly and dreary out. Everything has greened up nicely because of all of the rain. I saw tulip trees and forsythia bushes in full bloom yesterday. The trees are budded out and I saw crocus and daffodil in bloom. The tulips and iris are well above the ground but not anywhere near ready to bloom yet. YES! even though it is cold and drizzly out, spring has finally arrived in central Illinois.
I was really engrossed in the Arias trial yesterday. Alyce Laviolette was answering jury questions, There were really some zingers. To be quite honest I am getting tired of looking at her and I will be glad when she gets to go back to California. I think that I will write a book about battered trial watchers and become famous. I will then be qualified to be an expert witness in some kind of kangaroo court.
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Slang of U.S. origin.] An unfair, biased, or hasty judicial proceeding that ends in a harsh punishment; an unauthorized trial conducted by individuals who have taken the law into their own hands, such as those put on by vigilantes or prison inmates; a proceeding and its leaders who are considered sham, corrupt, and without regard for the law.
The concept of kangaroo court dates to the early nineteenth century. Scholars trace its origin to the historical practice of itinerant judges on the U.S. frontier. These roving judges were paid on the basis of how many trials they conducted, and in some instances their salary depended on the fines from the defendants they convicted. The term kangaroo court comes from the image of these judges hopping from place to place, guided less by concern for justice than by the desire to wrap up as many trials as the day allowed.
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And this the extent of my words of wisdom for you all on Friday. Stay safe and be happy!!
Beth
