2007-02-26
Original: 2007-02-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A red-haired man in a blue suit stands in a courtroom, gesturing toward a panel of seated people (a jury or audience seen from behind). He is making a closing argument as a defense attorney.
Lawyer: "SURE, THE PROSECUTION HAS PRESENTED A LOT OF 'EVIDENCE' THAT MY CLIENT KILLED HER HUSBAND. BUT, IF SHE WERE REALLY GUILTY, WOULDN'T SHE NOT WANT TO GET CAUGHT? IF SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT, WHY WOULD SHE LEAVE ANY EVIDENCE? THEIR OWN ARGUMENT DEFEATS ITSELF!"
Votey:
A close-up of two people. One person (foreground, back of head visible) faces a worried-looking person, who appears to be the client/defendant.
Defendant: "WOW, YOU'RE REALLY INNOCENT!"
A red-haired man in a blue suit stands in a courtroom, gesturing toward a panel of seated people (a jury or audience seen from behind). He is making a closing argument as a defense attorney.
Lawyer: "SURE, THE PROSECUTION HAS PRESENTED A LOT OF 'EVIDENCE' THAT MY CLIENT KILLED HER HUSBAND. BUT, IF SHE WERE REALLY GUILTY, WOULDN'T SHE NOT WANT TO GET CAUGHT? IF SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT, WHY WOULD SHE LEAVE ANY EVIDENCE? THEIR OWN ARGUMENT DEFEATS ITSELF!"
Votey:
A close-up of two people. One person (foreground, back of head visible) faces a worried-looking person, who appears to be the client/defendant.
Defendant: "WOW, YOU'RE REALLY INNOCENT!"
Alt text
Main comic: A red-haired defense lawyer in a blue suit stands in a courtroom delivering a closing argument to a seated jury/audience shown from behind. His speech bubble reads: "Sure, the prosecution has presented a lot of 'evidence' that my client killed her husband. But, if she were really guilty, wouldn't she not want to get caught? If she didn't want to get caught, why would she leave any evidence? Their own argument defeats itself!" The joke is the absurd circular logic that the existence of incriminating evidence somehow proves innocence. Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): A close-up of a worried-looking person, apparently the lawyer's own client, who, convinced by the nonsensical argument, says: "Wow, you're really innocent!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.