Whaaa, I once had a hang nail. Can I use that on my next ticket?
I was a juror in a capital murder case ten years ago. Convicting the defendant was a slam dunk. (He kidnapped and executed a young man over a dispute regarding a $20 necklace.)
After the conviction, the defense attorney presented the jury with a small list of mitigating factors which he hoped would save his client from a death sentence. The most appalling mitigating factor is right up there with a hang nail: his client’s parents couldn’t afford to buy him a winter coat.
Even more appalling is that most of the jurors bought into it and the scumbag was given a life sentence.