African courts: The world's source of creativity

The New York Times claims that the state's traffic court "is stand-up improv at its most creative," but I must disagree. Clearly, the courts in Africa have better performers. To start with, remember the guy who was busted for pretending to be a female athlete, and said in court that a traditional healer made him grow a penis? Now, here's a guy with an even stranger situation and excuse: He fed a man to the lions, but claims it wasn't murder because the guy was already dead. As he told the court:

"I immediately walked up to the compounds. I then questioned Chisale's whereabouts and Richard told me he was lying dead in the bathroom. I found him lying on the floor. I tested his pulse, he did not respond. I asked Robert: 'What now?' " Scott-Crossley said.

"He turned around carelessly and said: 'No body, no murder.'

"I did not kill Nelson Chisale - I only helped his murderers, Richard Mathebula and Robert Mnisi, to throw his body into a lions' enclosure to avoid the wrath of the local community.

Sounds reasonable to me. Justice prevails!

Posted by Jason Feifer at February 24, 2005 12:26 AM