I strongly disagree. Courts have rules and procedures, and prosecutors use those rules to completely decimate legal neophytes all the time, saw it in my own case, read about it in the news all the time. Defending yourself in court is an idiotic move.

seeing what people around me who didn't listen to their council's advice got, yes. I did the best thing possible given the circumstances. Defending myself would have gotten me a year in state, I'm quite sure. But no, let's hear about your own case and how you one the day defending yourself, ace.

Yeah, the online guide/map thingie is styled after Zeld gfx, we get it. It is a cute little widget. Too bad the /. headline is so damaged.

"These are not the headlines you're looking for, move along." /., you truly lamed out on this one.

Because I DID infact invoke my 5th amendment right, regardless of you bozos in the earlier comments, I got off pretty light, and given the circumstances the defender did right by me. Had I spent all my cash and hired a real attorney would I have gotten off better? Possibly. But because I saved my cash and took the defender's advice I spent 5 months in county, not the max of 3 years in state, and landed on my feet when I got out. HAD I blabbed to the cops and took the media up on their constant offers for interviews who knows where I would have landed. In retrospect, given the circumstances and outcomes, I believe I did the right thing. Yes, not committing the crime would have been the best option. But I did, and how I handled the aftermath was probably the best way I could have. I'm a little confused by the comments before; my choices were: "talk", or "not talk". I chose the latter. What were you assholes going on about up there?

Stop semantacizing. I answered no questions without my lawyer. Period. You're pretty much making up the scenario to fit your argument.

I was arrested for identity theft. They asked me I wanted to answer any questions. I said "Not without a lawyer in my corner present." They shut up, and so did I, until I was interviewed by my public defender a few weeks later. End of story. Not too sure how your little missive applies.

You can't selectively apply the 5th amendment, picking and choosing what questions to apply it too. It's an all-or-nothing situation. As sick and tired as I am of this government's shenanigans, even I get this.

Chris, she's a kid. I'm happy for her and her proud parents. You fux are like the assholes that jeered the kid from San Antonio for singing the national anthem while wearing a mariachi costum. Wtf.

France itself goes even further. Students of many sciences (math, physics, etc.) are required to record all their research in French, where as even in many German institutions English courses are a requirement. Then when they go to conferences the research is presented primarily in English and German, virtually nothing is done in French, putting the French researchers at a disadvantage.

Which is kind of funny since a dc would probably be more trustworthy than a sig.

Nope. It translates "A penis in hand saves nine."

Reports say that as India pulls the plug on the system the last telegram in its buffers will be Ambassador Zimmerman asking Mexico if it would like to join Germany in attacking America. India reported to be indifferent on the subject.

EA still executed the current state of affairs. And they already have a bad rep. Its too late. I still refuse to buy an EA title.

Oh? Really? Its not becuase the Romans made sacrifices to Jupiter? They didn't make their concrete with a recipe given to them by ancients astronauts? The secret lies with thier recipe and technique? Who knew?

Spend 15 years on development of a game that was so over-hyped and rediculously re-designed everytime a new game technology came out, then pushed on the back burner only to be re-animated every so often, promises made and broken over and over? Seriously, who could possibly imagine that someone would sue some one?