They're all retarded

[nq:1]From today's newspaper: "The (Supreme) court Tuesday also announced it would review the death sentence of a Texas man who argued that he was denied effective legal representation by a lawyer who did not tell a jury about his retardation."[/nq]
Supposedly true story:
A defending attorney was cross-examining a coroner. The attorney asked, "Before you signed the death certificate had yo

[nq:1]From today's newspaper: "The (Supreme) court Tuesday also announced it would review the death sentence of a Texas man who argued that he was denied effective legal representation by a lawyer who did not tell a jury about his retardation."[/nq]
Give us a clue as to the 'they' in your subject line? (I assume it's not singular they)
Is it the Texas Supremes? Texas men? Lawyers? People s

[nq:2]From today's newspaper: "The (Supreme) court Tuesday also announced it ... lawyer who did not tell a jury about his retardation."[/nq]
[nq:1]Give us a clue as to the 'they' in your subject line? (I assume it's not singular they) Is it the Texas Supremes? Texas men? Lawyers? People sentenced to death? Juries?[/nq]
I was thinking that one could deduce from the sentence that the prisone

[nq:2]Give us a clue as to the 'they' in your ... Texas Supremes? Texas men? Lawyers? People sentenced to death? Juries?[/nq]
[nq:1]I was thinking that one could deduce from the sentence that the prisoner, the lawyer, the writer of the article, and the editor were all retarded.[/nq]
Surely only the prisoner OR the lawyer, Not both.

[nq:1]A defending attorney was cross-examining a coroner.[/nq]
Hey, this word 'coroner' belongs on my "orange class" list. Or do GenAms not use the "court" vowel in "coroner"?

[nq:1]Hey, this word 'coroner' belongs on my "orange class" list. Or do GenAms not use the "court" vowel in "coroner"?[/nq]
This reminds me that the season is upon us where we stand on the coroner and watch all the ghouls go by.

[nq:2]I was thinking that one could deduce from the sentence ... writer of the article, and the editor were all retarded.[/nq]
[nq:1]Surely only the prisoner OR the lawyer, Not both.[/nq]
The dependent clause that begins with "who did not tell" immediately follows the word "lawyer." Combine that with the subject line and it should be obvious what the OP meant.
Didn't we see the "brain

[nq:2]Hey, this word 'coroner' belongs on my "orange class" list. Or do GenAms not use the "court" vowel in "coroner"?[/nq]
[nq:1]This reminds me that the season is upon us where we stand on the coroner and watch all the ghouls go by.[/nq]
And Shirley you must not neglect the heartwarming novel about a young necrophiliac who finally achieved his boyhood ambition by becoming coroner. (Thank

[nq:1]"Well, let me put it this way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk. But for all I know, he could be out there practicing law somewhere."[/nq]
The tag line won't work in the UK where coroners are legal officers of the court, usually solicitors. They don't sign death certificates, which is the job of doctors.

David
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Does exactly what it says on the tin.

[nq:2]This reminds me that the season is upon us where we stand on the coroner and watch all the ghouls go by.[/nq]
[nq:1]And Shirley you must not neglect the heartwarming novel about a young necrophiliac who finally achieved his boyhood ambition by becoming coroner. (Thank you Tom Lehrer.)[/nq]
I've always worried about that line, now I see why. UK coroners do not involve themselves with