[Rodney King]

"Stupidity is reprehensible, but it is not a crime," said Sandrine Setton, one of his defense lawyers,

Stupidity is not a crime if your stupidity leads you to accidentally blow up the oil burner. It is a crime if you plan ahead of time to cause a life threatening situation (which he had to know he was doing if he was going to be a savior) and then death results.

"Condemn Theodore Maher for his lies, condemn Theodore Maher for his moral betrayal, condemn Theodore Maher for his faults," Setton said. "Do not condemn him for a crime he did not commit."

Of course, he did commit it, his FR fan club not withstanding.

[Guillermo]

But I thought Monaco was a "Banana Republic".

[Howlin]

It is a crime if you plan ahead of time to cause a life threatening situation (which he had to know he was doing if he was going to be a savior) and then death results.

In a nutshell.