Question!

[kiaxet]

If one was attempting to prove that the name written in the sand next to a murder victim was not, indeed, written by the victim, would one:

A) through long conversation and on-the-fly production of evidence one did not previously have show that the victim was left-handed (when the name was supposedly written with the right hand) and the name was spelled wrong (after the victim had intimately known the person whose name was written for over six months)

OR

B) simply cite the autopsy report - after all, someone who has fallen from a nine-foot-high wall and died on impact from a broken neck will probably not be doing any writing after landing.

In other news, Phoenix Wright is definitely one of the more...interesting...games I've ever played. Considering I'm a Disgaea fan, this is saying something.

Comments

[ggmoonycrisco.livejournal.com]

Well OBVIOUSLY, you have no conclusive evidence that the victim was, in fact, dead after falling off the wall! Not to mention that you don't have any REALLY conclusive evidence against this clearly guilty and repeatedly perjuring witness! Unless you can prove it, your obviously innocent client with no motive will be condemned to prison for the rest of forever.

[grazie.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who went, "He fucking broke his neck. It's safe to say he's not going to be doing any writing."

[travitaemorte.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I laughed...and even though I haven't played the game...yet...it's on my list...I definitely WTFed at your explanation.

[tafkae.livejournal.com]

When did you get that game?

[unicorn]

Wasn't there some weird permutation of evidence that made it possible for him to have written it ANYWAY? I seem to remember there being something like that in that case. Oh lordy. :P

[sbcpanuru.livejournal.com]

It's possible for vertebrae in the neck (or back) to be broken by an impact, but not actually damage or sever the spinal cord until subsequent movement drags the sharp edges over the sensitive nerve bundle.

This happens periodically in car accidents, which is why, after a serious collision, it's very important to stay put and wait for paramedics to get you out even if you feel like you can move everything. (Unless your car is on fire, in which case you might as well take your chances.)

There ought to be telltale marks in the sand--indentations, trails, that sort of thing from the victim's arms and legs--that would give you an indication of whether the victim's hand actually wrote the name, and if so, whether that hand was helped by someone nearby at the time. Anything that wipes away those traces will also wipe away the name.

[maiiau]

Well of course A. B is just silly.

I need a PW icon.