Throwing Poop at the Jury Somehow Fails To Win a Not Guilty Verdict

The insanity defense is really the American legal system’s equivalent of trying to win Dancing With the Stars by being fat, clumsy, and involved in computers.  It is the “I am doing such a bad job at this defense that it is impossible I could even be serious, and therefore I should win” defense.  It’s also a pretty all-in move: when it fails, it proverbially falls on the proverbial dance floor and breaks multiple limbs and is put to death via lethal injection for doing such a bad job.  What I’m trying to say is, don’t throw poop at the jurors.  Really, do not bank on that working.  One Weusi McGowan, a home intruder and robber out of San Diego, found this out the hard way.

McGowan, who attorneys say suffers from mental illness, had asked for a mistrial because he believed jurors had seen him in restraints when he entered the courtroom.

Several days after his request was denied, McGowan pulled out a bag of excrement he had hidden in his clothing, rubbed it on his lawyer and tossed it at the jury, hitting one juror’s computer case.

The jury responded by throwing the book (not literally) at McGowan…  

Oh man, you got us good, the jury ruled.  We’re going to give you 31 years in prison to think about how good you got us.

Source: AOL News.