silly goose rule

emerald@beehaw.org to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 167 points –

A man gets a $35 parking ticket dismissed by claiming the "silly goose" defense

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Huh, odd. Usually that sort of defence would work mostly because the judicial system is so slow that it would expire

I see it as an admission of fault and they're letting him go with a warning this time.