Real Life Plot Twists that Happened in the Courtroom

But… Why Do You Need More Magic Cards?

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As a public defender I defended a grown man accused of stealing Magic: The Gathering cards from Walmart. There was an hour long security video meticulously showing, from dozens of angles, that he was picking up sets of cards, unwrapping them and discarding the wrappers around the store.

He insisted that he was innocent and we actually went to a jury trial instead of securing a plea deal. It took the jury 8 minutes to convict him and the judge laid into my client telling him that he was the worst thief he had ever seen.

I forgot the best part. At one point in the trial I had to spend 45 minutes explaining to the judge what magic cards are. He couldn’t understand why anyone need more than one deck. Story credit: Reddit / mountaineer5710

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