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as keiva would be the first to tell us, this is what we'd call hearsay, and it wouldn't be admissible in court
Please do not ever presume to put words in my mouth and know what I would say, Caradea
WHOOPS! 
mea culpa, Keiva. i honestly had no idea that the laws in Illinois regarding the definition and inadmissibility of hearsay evidence (except in dying declarations) were different than those of California, where i studied criminal law. i should never have put those words into your mouth, and i apologize. i made the mistake of assuming that all state courts worked pretty much in the same manner. i have not had the opportunity to study federal law in any great degree, so i will gladly demur on this point to your greater knowledge. you have my humblest apologies.
Would you prefer that I post documentary evidence -- that is, some of the actual texts of nastiness?
oh, goodness no, not here on Anu's board... thank you. i tried to make that abundantly clear above, but did so in my characteristically fumbling manner. i just come here to talk about words, to learn, and to have a good laugh once in awhile.
