Re: OK, all you EU guys who took the CEH just wasted your money

[<michael.blanchard () emc com>]

But that also means that just by owning a crowbar, you could wind up in federal penitentiary...

Especially because if you hit on the prosecuter's daughter that you ALSO hit on the judges daughter because they are 
always WAY cuter.... So bang! You're doin 5-7 just for owning a crowbar you got at Lowes :-(

Mike B

From: David M Chess [mailto:chess () us ibm com]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:41 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org <funsec () linuxbox org>
Subject: Re: [funsec] OK, all you EU guys who took the CEH just wasted your money


> That sounds like unadulterated "Comma 22" to me:
> possession of burglarious tools is a felony *only* with intent to commit burglary,
> *but* the possession of burglarious tools shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to commit burglary.

Well, you have to unpack "prima facie" a little there.  It means "at first glace" or "before any rebuttal" or similar 
things.  It means that if you have a crowbar the prosecutor (if he's bored enough, or you hit on his daughter) can make 
a case against you and maybe get you to court, but if you can say "sometimes I need to open crates; see, here's an 
opened crate in my garage!", the judge should then say "have a nice day".  For some value of "should"...

DC

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