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“I don’t really understand what a Web site is”

May 18, 2007 at 06:45 | Print This Post Print This Post

Sigh. From Reuters: “A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was struggling to cope with basic terms like “Web site” in the trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet. … “The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a Web site is,” he told a London court during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws.” Note to self: the next time I’m judging a terrorism case, announce to a packed courtroom that I don’t understand the evidence.


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2 Responses to ““I don’t really understand what a Web site is””


  1. judson (15 comments.)
    May 18th, 2007 at 21:36

    Yikes. I know next to nothing about the law, but wouldn’t there be some implications for the trial?


  2. Rob Hyndman (317 comments.)
    May 18th, 2007 at 21:42

    Well, it’s litigation, and UK litigation at that. So I’d have to say that’s not my table (!) But it seemed darned strange to me to hear a judge warning everyone that he didn’t understand the evidence.