The Pain of a Trial

     So the other day I was watching a national news program on broadcast television.

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The intro segment was running down the upcoming stories they would be covering - the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump, the Coronavirus in China, and the latest on the Harvey Weinstein trial. All three are major stories that are relevant to the times that we are living in. While the impeachment is important, I think I know how that one will ultimately end up. The Coronavirus will hopefully be contained and not turn into a worldwide pandemic. But for some strange reason I really focused in on the images from the Weinstein trial. Mostly the image of him walking in to court with his walker. Really!? Why is that the go-to move for these famous people when they're in trouble?

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Like the jury is thinking, "sure he sexually assaulted many women over the years, but he's in a walker, so it's okay." Or when the Bill Cosby trial was going on he needed a "seeing-eye person" to help him walk and guide him into court. "Oh, you drugged women you were allegedly helping and had sex with them, but you're old now, so all good."
     These two do these terrible things (using their positions of power to take advantage of women) and then when they get caught and have to face the penalty for their behavior they've got physical problems. Maybe it's true. Maybe they have physical aliments...it's just funny how these things seem to really manifest themselves once their scheduled court appearance arrives. Are they looking for sympathy? Do they think the fact that they need "assistance" that all their evil deeds will go unpunished? I ask that rhetorically of course. But I'm sure the hope is that this will lessen the severity of their sentence. Regardless, and I know I shouldn't wish bad things on people, but thankfully the jury did the right thing in the Cosby case. And I would hope that the Weinstein trial will result in a conviction if the facts of the case are true. I wonder if Tom Sizemore will show up to his court date with a motorized scooter. At least he only got busted for a DUI and possession of a controlled substance.