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Soman Chainani
Soman Chainani

Soman Chainani is a writer known for his unique imagination and profound themes. His works have received widespread attention in the literary world, although his personal life remains somewhat mysterious. more

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“During voir dire, the interviews for jury selection, each person is asked under oath about their experience with the criminal justice system, as defendant or victim, but usually not even the most elementary effort is made to corroborate those claims. One ADA [Associate District Attorney] told me about inheriting a murder case, after the first jury deadlocked. He checked the raps for the jurors and found that four had criminal records. None of those jurors were prosecuted. Nor was it policy to prosecute defense witnesses who were demonstrably lying--by providing false alibis, for example--because, as another ADA told me, if they win the case, they don't bother, and if they lose, "it looks like sour grapes." A cop told me about a brawl at court one day, when he saw court officers tackle a man who tried to escape from the Grand Jury. An undercover was testifying about a buy when the juror recognized him as someone he had sold to. Another cop told me about locking up a woman for buying crack, who begged for a Desk Appearance Ticket, because she had to get back to court, for jury duty--she was the forewoman on a Narcotics case, of course. The worst part about these stories is that when I told them to various ADAs, none were at all surprised; most of those I'd worked with I respected, but the institutionalized expectations were abysmal. They were too used to losing and it showed in how they played the game.”

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Book:Blue Blood by Conlon, Edward (2004) Paperback
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“And yet, for the fully modern being, not being able to tweet or otherwise " share" - feelings, opinions, thoughts, jokes, links to cat videos or pictures of dinner - for even an hour is akin to eternal exile in the desert, and hence in part the rising tide of juror-caused mistrials across the planet.”

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Book:Life Sentence: Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System
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“Alasan yang lebih mendasar yang melatarbelakangi al-Attas memilih istilah ta'dib adalah, adab berkaitan erat dengan ilmu, sebab ilmu tidak dapat diajarkan atau ditularkan kepada anak didik, kecuali jika orang tersebut memiliki adab yang tepat terhadap ilmu pengetahuan dalam berbagai bidang. Kemudian, konsep pendidikan Islam yang hanya terbatas pada makna tarbiah dan taklimat itu telah dimasuki pandangan hidup barat yang berlandaskan nilai-nilai dualisme, sekularisme, humanisme, dan sofisme, sehingga nilai-nilai adab menjadi kabur dan semakin jauh dari nilai-nilai hikmah Ilahiah. Kekaburan makna adab tersebut mengakibatkan kezaliman, kebodohan, dan kegilaan. Kezaliman yang dimaksud di sini adalah meletakkan sesuatu tidak pada tempatnya, sementara kebodohan adalah melakukan cara yang salah untuk mencapai hasil tujuan tertentu, dan kegilaan adalah perjuangan yang berdasarkan tujuan dan maksud yang salah.”

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“Ei ollut tarkoitus. Olin täysin väärässä. Siinä mitä tein mutta ennen kaikkea siinä mitä sanoin: sanat oli tarkoitettu toiselle ihmiselle. Usko minua nyt, koska uskoit minua aikaisemmin: olet kaunis ja täydellinen, enkä tarkoittanut mitään, mitä sanoin. Olin väärässä, tein virheen, eikä kukaan olisi ikinä voinut olla enemmän väärässä kuin minä.”

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Book:A Little Life
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“Taikka sitten saatan kuvitella että sinä tulet taloon enkä minä huomaa sinua, tunnen vain kun tartut minuun takaapäin ja hengityksesi kiristää niskani kananlihalle, ja sitten minä käännyn ja siinä sinä olet, tukevana kuin kivipylväs ja niin uskomattoman kauniina, kuin kesän tulvana talven sydämessä, lasipintaisena järvenä aavikon keskellä, jonakin juuri niin loistavana ja merkillisenä ettei sitä ole mahdollista pukea sanoiksi.”

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Book:Bolla
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