Paperback. Pub Date: 1999 07 Pages: 176 Publisher: WW Norton & Co. This ASSORTMENT of unintentionally amusing courtroom Exchanges Ranges from the Testimony of expert Witnesses CREATIVE Defense to jury selection to cross examination to the Closing argument and Sentencing - a rollicking guide to America s legal system. (A) collection of hilarious outtakes from courtroom situations .... The humor derives from laypersons - prisoners. witnesses. jurors - who produce a wealth of banalities and faux pas. or from lawyers and judges. whose pomposity and long-windedness beg to be deflated. - Booklist.