How to commit the perfect crime:

[Theophylact]

A lawyer with waaaay too much time on his hands and a fascination with the vicinage requirements of the Sixth Amendment comes up with a scheme. It involves that tiny, unpopulated sliver of Yellowstone Park that hangs over into Idaho. The details are in the attached .pdf (and a tip o' the hat to The Volokh Conspiracy).

[Bovon]

Good article, but why a damn PDF format!

First off, when Adobe AR came up..up popped a notice that a security update is necessary...so, I allowed that. Then, when I could get back to the artical..the reading is so long in the tooth (about page 12 to 14 before the "meat" is presented) that I have forgotten what it said leading up to it..and had to go back and re-read (old age & memory problems).

I just saved it and will copy to a text file, closer spaced where more of it can be read on one page before moving on.

[Theophylact]

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Originally Posted by Bovon

Good article, but why a damn PDF format!

First off, when Adobe AR came up..up popped a notice that a security update is necessary...so, I allowed that. Then, when I could get back to the artical..the reading is so long in the tooth (about page 12 to 14 before the "meat" is presented) that I have forgotten what it said leading up to it..and had to go back and re-read (old age & memory problems).

I just saved it and will copy to a text file, closer spaced where more of it can be read on one page before moving on.

Well, Bovon, there are a lot of footnotes, and it makes sense to have it in a format where those will carry over properly. I could have converted it into Word, I suppose, but I hate Word and use WordPerfect unless I'm forced to use Word. Thing is, people can read .pdf's no matter what word processor they have.

As for its length: 20 double-spaced pages doesn't seem long to me, especially when a complex argument is being made. But I recognize that the American attention span has dwindled over the years to what can be treated between commercials.

[njolakoski]

LOL, so true and im an example :P

[nemowolf]

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Originally Posted by Theophylact

Well, Bovon, there are a lot of footnotes, and it makes sense to have it in a format where those will carry over properly. I could have converted it into Word, I suppose, but I hate Word and use WordPerfect unless I'm forced to use Word. Thing is, people can read .pdf's no matter what word processor they have.

As for its length: 20 double-spaced pages doesn't seem long to me, especially when a complex argument is being made. But I recognize that the American attention span has dwindled over the years to what can be treated between commercials.

Seriously ... why couldnt you throw some YouTube links or try to embed some clips into the PDF to make it easier for us to digest! Im not even bothering if there isnt video.

[Hey-Todd]

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Originally Posted by nemowolf

Seriously ... why couldnt you throw some YouTube links or try to embed some clips into the PDF to make it easier for us to digest! Im not even bothering if there isnt video.

Probably because YouTube wasn't as mainstream three years ago when this thread was started.

[zen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nemowolf

Seriously ... why couldnt you throw some YouTube links or try to embed some clips into the PDF to make it easier for us to digest! Im not even bothering if there isnt video.

gyuk!

[jokostel]

Holy dead thread batman!

[Pexster]

In mystery novel form, see Free Fire, by C.J. Box.

[Sixpac_XP]

the dead will rise again