I haven't really paid close attention to the whole Martha Stewart trial, but one thing has really stuck with me. It was her whole "I am a clone" defense. Best I can tell, the Martha Stewart that they have in custody has been arguing all along that she is just a clone of the real Martha Stewart — who is certainly hiding out on a tropical island somewhere showing bartenders how to make fancy blended frozen fruit drinks.
Martha's clone was convicted and is going to jail because she either couldn't get the jury to believe that a criminal mastermind billionaire would have herself cloned to avoid doing prison time or the jury was sci-fi savvy enough to understand this one key fact:
By the time the real Martha Stewart cloned herself she was already guilty. Therefore, any clone would be just as guilty as the original Martha Stewart.
Genius!
But Martha's clone will have strong grounds for appeal. She deserves a fair trial by a jury of her peers and I doubt that any of the jurors that convicted her were actual clones.
If this all sounds a little more Patrick Stewart than Martha Stewart, don't worry. I'm sure Ridley Scott is working on a TV movie of the trial, complete with voiceover narration by Harrison Ford to explain everything for those of us who haven't followed the story in great detail.
GrimJack
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Marilyn 1635 days ago
railroad ride
Many of us have received speeding tickets even though we were the last car speeding in a line of speeding cars. The others go free. Justice NO
It appears that you were the last car and someone wanted to go after you because it was easy. The average person lies 3 times a day. The jails should be extremely full of the last one caught. Another way of putting is is that you were robbed. I hope that you have the strength left to try to beat it.
I will try to go to KMART more often.
John-James Rutuelo 1634 days ago
Mr. John-James Rutuelo
Dear Ms. Stewart-
LIKE MOST AMERICANS I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU IS LUDICROUS. I WILL KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS.
I AM, AND HAVE BEEN A FAN OF YOUR FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
SINCERELY,
JOHN-JAMES RUTUELO
Shari Hastings 1551 days ago
Thumbs Up Martha
Dear Ms Stewart,
I admire what you have accomplished along with your grace and panche'. You were rail roaded and most of the American public realize that...
I know that you will not only survive this prison humiliation but will come back STRONGER and Better than ever in March. Sending positive thoughts your way.