Je recuse.

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> CNN reports that Dr. William Petit _"recused himself" from the courtroom_
> rather than
> endure the most graphic testimony in the trial of Steven Hayes.
>

Would that there were a way to keep legal jargon out of the mouths of
those familiar with it only from  TV cop-operas.

--
-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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