keller

"Flim-Flam" Flanagan was defending in a homicide case where the body was never found. In his summation he charged the jury that the presumed victim would walk through the courtroom doors in 30 seconds. Twelve sets of eyes turned and watched the door for over 4 minutes. Breaking the long silence, Flanagan said, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, because you turned your heads and so intently stared at those doors clearly demonstrates to me, hopefully to the other members of this courtroom, but most importantly to you yourselves, that there exists within each and every one of you a reasonable doubt that my client's wife is even deceased, and following that doubt, you must find the defendant entirely innocent."

Ten minutes later the jury returned from deliberation and lodged a unanimous verdict of "Guilty".

Exiting the courthouse, Flanagan pulled aside a juror and asked blatantly, "What happened?!? You ALL looked at the door!"

The juror replied, "But your client didn't."