Some people have been suggesting to me that I have been less than fair in
determining which elves ARE pkers and which elves are NOT. This is simply not
true.
Take Madik for example. This vicious and notorious pker has been
marauding Gfay for months yet no one has been able to actually prove that he has
ever pked anyone. Do I attack him on false allegations? No way! We held a trial
in Gfay, and the breakdown and confession of Madik was chilling to say the
least.
The characters in the trial were as follows:
Defendant -
Madik
Lead Prosecutor - Chriselliott
Defense Attorney - Madik (Had a fool
for a client)
Key Witness - Chriselliott
Judge/Reluctant Executioner -
Wazu
The prosecution's case seemed unsubstantiated at first, and one eye
witness was really all we had to go on.
In this case, it
probably would have been better for the defense if they had not taken the stand
and just let 'reasonable doubt' win the case. However, that's not what the
defense chose. In cross-examination, the defendant broke down.
The courtroom
stood in stunned silence. Chriselliott turned to the jury and re-stated what had
just happened.
Based on the
defendant's testimony, I had no choice but to rule in favor of the prosecution.
Unfortunately, orc hill was swarming with Madik defenders by this time, so
carrying out the sentencing would take some tact while removing the defenders
one by one.
I feel that all of
my critics now owe me a sincere apology, as I feel I have proven that under my
system, EVERYONE receives a fair trial.
---- UPDATES
----
Judge Wazu had the following too say..
Ahem. *clears
throat*
Ladies and Gentlemen of the press:
Upon further review, it
was discovered that a terrible mistake has been made. Apparently the infamous
'confession' was coerced by an over-aggressive prosecutor. In actuality, we now
realize that Madik has never pked anyone, and his death is a tragedy the likes
of which this server has never seen.
Since the sentence of death has
already been carried out, there really is no proper way to make amends. I can
only offer my condolences to Madik's family, and hope that they understand that
mistakes do happen, even in a system as fair and just as mine is.
I
assure you all that this has never happened before, and will never happen again.
After all, like the old saying goes:
"It is better that a thousand guilty
gnomes run free, than one innocent elf be allowed to continue
living."
(It rhymes in Gnomish)
Wazu Zubalu - honorable, wholesome, and charitable gnome of goodness and
light.
Merciless Midgets
The lead prosecutor made the following
rebutal...
As we are all aware, Judge Wazu is fair and honorable but
even he can make a mistake.
I earned that confession fair and square. As
per standard Gnomish interrogation protocol. I first tried the infamous dark elf
water torture... ummm, I mean questioning procedure on him. That didn't work so
I then hung him upside down from Kelethin for several hours hoping that either
his head would explode, or his memory which must have fallen down into his
midsection somehow would relocate to his head. Whichever came first. No luck
there either. What finally worked was by
pretending to carving
my initials into a tree. I told the treehumper that I was going to keep carving
my initials into every tree I saw until he admitted he had killed that sweet,
defenseless, and wholesome dwarf in cold blood. As you can see, I was more than
fair and in no way coerced this raving lunatic into confessing.
I am
hereby filing form QS-31 and demand a retrial set for the next time all involved
parties are online or until I find Madik all by himself on Orc Hill.
I
will be sure and inform everyone in the immediate area as to the progress of the
next trial. Maybe more wintesses will come forward and tell there story of how
they to were harassed by Madik.
Chris Elliott
Nathanial Mayweather - "I'm sorry, did you say something? I
was just pondering what drifters corpse you stole those shoes
from."
Merciless Midgets