"Law and OrDead", Way to Die #909, is the seventh and final segment in "Cure for the Common Death, Part I". It was first aired on March 22, 2009.
Plot[]
Mr. Jeremiah Prescott was a lawyer with a gift for the gab, although a little laid back and with a passion for drama, two traits that never allowed him to leave Jackson. Jeremiah was attending the case of his client, Mr. Nelson Robinson, who had been accused of shooting a man to death. Jeremiah told Nelson not to worry, to relax and enjoy the show. Jeremiah promised him that when he was finished with the jury, Nelson would walk out of the court a free man or his name wouldn't be Jeremiah Prescott.
Jeremiah told the jury that he was absolutely certain that Mr. Robinson was innocent and that the victim shot himself accidentally. To prove it, Jeremiah would recreate how he thought the death occurred. Then Mr. Prescott takes a gun out of his briefcase, which scares everyone and the judge tells him that that's unacceptable, Jeremiah apologizes and explains that it is just a demonstration, the judge understands and allows him to continue, to which Jeremiah thanks him.
Jeremiah told the jury not to worry because he removed the cartridge with the bullets, then Jeremiah mentioned that Mr. Robinson stated that the victim shot himself accidentally while taking the gun from his pants pocket and that he would prove that was what happened. Mr. Prescott proceeded to demonstrate how the victim could have shot himself and reenacted the scenario, he put the gun in his pocket and asked everyone to be quiet, then he took the gun out of his pocket and pulled the trigger, but made a fatal mistake. He was careful when removing the cartridge but forgot to check the chamber in which there was a bullet, accidentally shooting himself, Jeremiah told the jury that the defense spoke and fell to the ground, dying from the shot and being sent to Heaven. But fortunately, the jury believed his theory with that fatal demonstration and declared Nelson innocent, although it was a shame his lawyer wasn't alive to celebrate.
Cast & Interviews[]
- Kim Dildine - Lawyer Jeremiah Prescott (Lead: Intended victim)
- Darren Kavinoky - Lawyer/Defense Attorney
1000 Ways To Die -909 Law and OrDead (German Version)
Foreign Names[]
- Schluss-und Schussplädoyer (Closing and Shooting Statement) - German dub
Segment Nicknames[]
- Courtroom Blues
- Case Closed
- Self-Inflicted Verdict
- Attorney At Lawless
- Law and Dead
Trivia[]
- Something like this actually happened. A Politician from the 19th Century named Clement Vallandigham suffered the same Fate.
- Another similar incident also occurred in real life on October 23, 1993, Rock Island, Illinois.
- Auxiliary Captain Richard "Rick" David Shurtz, a police officer, was explaining to his fellow officer that Auxiliary Officer Todd C. Johnson, another officer in his precinct, had accidentally shot himself in the stomach with his firearm and committed suicide the previous week. To explain how it happened, Rick re-enacted the scenario. Rick pulled out his gun, aimed it at his stomach and pulled the trigger; the problem was that he forgot there was a bullet in the chamber and he didn't have the safety on; causing his death.
- The CGI is reused from Abracadaver.
- In the Italian dub, Darren's first interview was cut short.
- In the Italian dub, Ron Perlman can be heard talking in the background.