# Is this what courtroom sketches have come to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845 "2010-06-11T20:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/21 "2010-06-12T02:17:00Z")
Ack, I foresee the judge sentencing Blagojevich to a couple years for corruption… and life without parole for the “artist” for murdering art. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/22 "2010-06-12T02:21:47Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > As if Obama doesn’t have enough to do, [he’s on the jury](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Blagojevich-Corruption-Trial/ss/events/pl/120908blagojevich;_ylt=AvR5RQ3ExCs0cI8lcOC.D4kSq594;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFuNHZ0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3NsaWRlc2hvdwRzbGsDc2xpLWV2LWxpbms-/im:/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org_f4d8decf15d648859b433e20bd704e6f?AID=10606473&PID=3865083/#photoViewer=/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org2449852158f94207b094bba2e3d2a78a). > > Isn’t that a conflict of interest, or something? And whats up with that Malcom X fight the power fist thing he’s got going on there? Do you think they swore him in with a bible or a koran? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/23 "2010-06-12T04:11:06Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > As if Obama doesn’t have enough to do, [he’s on the jury](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Blagojevich-Corruption-Trial/ss/events/pl/120908blagojevich;_ylt=AvR5RQ3ExCs0cI8lcOC.D4kSq594;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFuNHZ0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3NsaWRlc2hvdwRzbGsDc2xpLWV2LWxpbms-/im:/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org_f4d8decf15d648859b433e20bd704e6f?AID=10606473&PID=3865083/#photoViewer=/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org2449852158f94207b094bba2e3d2a78a). > > Isn’t that a conflict of interest, or something? Holy crap, I think that picture was a mural at my high school in Berkeley that was meant to depict the multicultural work force marching toward modernity! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/24 "2010-06-12T04:26:14Z")
Slide #9 was the scariest of them all. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/25 "2010-06-12T04:51:03Z")
That first one is of Ringo Starr and Richard Nixon, right? StG ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/26 "2010-06-12T04:56:19Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Oh, and I just saw the third sketch. [Blago’s lawyer is doing the robot!](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Blagojevich-Corruption-Trial/ss/events/pl/120908blagojevich;_ylt=AvR5RQ3ExCs0cI8lcOC.D4kSq594;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFuNHZ0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3NsaWRlc2hvdwRzbGsDc2xpLWV2LWxpbms-/im:/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org_f4d8decf15d648859b433e20bd704e6f/#photoViewer=/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org60d06106430746c6a916aef10a49e925) AWESOME! I was going to make _exactly_ that comment. Indeed, in light of this skecth, I have to conclude that his lawyer was in fact actually doing the robot in court. There is no other explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/27 "2010-06-12T06:01:09Z")
That artist stole my style! It looks just like a sketch I did of my dad when I was 10. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/28 "2010-06-14T18:06:48Z")
#5 Why are they putting children where they can’t see and learn? #8 17 jurors and all crammed into a wooden tub. But at least they have an American sailboat to play with. #12 Yes, they’re all doing the Robot! {curse you for saying it first!} #19 The Secret Answer #21 This is how I win at Space Invaders #35 Where did I leave my dog? #67 So, are you going to put your coat over this puddle for me or not? #80 Now I know how to get around security! #94 Now watch as she’ll bend over backward for me ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/29 "2010-06-14T19:26:32Z")
For some reason I thought they couldn’t draw the jury members. Maybe he just made them up; that would explain why you have Obama in there. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/30 "2010-06-14T20:07:06Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > For some reason I thought they couldn’t draw the jury members. Maybe he just made them up; that would explain why you have Obama in there. The sketch artist, for those interested, is [Verna Sadock](http://www.thestar.com/article/195629). ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/31 "2010-06-14T22:21:52Z")
#81. Blag can’t even [astroturf](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Blagojevich-Corruption-Trial/ss/events/pl/120908blagojevich;_ylt=AvR581RQ3ExCs0cI8lcOC.D4kSq594;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFuNHZ0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3NsaWRlc2hvdwRzbGsDc2xpLWV2LWxpbms-/im:/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org_f4d8decf15d648859b433e20bd704e6f/#photoViewer=/100603/480/urn_publicid_ap_org93a66bb66152475ea589b989495d6f2d) right. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/32 "2010-06-14T22:43:49Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Holy crap, I think that picture was a mural at my high school in Berkeley that was meant to depict the multicultural work force marching toward modernity! I thought of that too, except in a more socialistic way (like if the Soviet Union wanted to show off its ethnic diversity). ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/33 "2010-06-15T00:10:22Z")
Are there really 17 people in the jury box? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/34 "2010-06-15T00:40:23Z")
He’s waiting for the 12 highest bids to come before letting the rest to. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/35 "2010-06-15T02:29:34Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > As if Obama doesn’t have enough to do, [he’s on the jury](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Blagojevich-Corruption-Trial/ss/events/pl/120908blagojevich;_ylt=AvR5RQ3ExCs0cI8lcOC.D4kSq594;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFuNHZ0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3NsaWRlc2hvdwRzbGsDc2xpLWV2LWxpbms-/im:/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org_f4d8decf15d648859b433e20bd704e6f?AID=10606473&PID=3865083/#photoViewer=/100608/480/urn_publicid_ap_org2449852158f94207b094bba2e3d2a78a). I like how the woman in the center has a head twice the size of everyone else’s. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/36 "2010-06-15T02:52:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Are there really 17 people in the jury box? Surprisingly, that part might be accurate. Many juries seat alternate jurors alongside the official jurors. That way if any jurors are dismissed during the trial, the alternates are fully informed about what’s occurred. No explanation for the kangaroo. But they can paint him out. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/37 "2010-06-15T03:49:58Z")
“Attorney doing the Robot” was my first thought on seeing #3 as well. Seriously though, I know very little about painting as an art form, but those remind me of some famous painter I’ve seen before. Not Picasso, someone else. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/38 "2010-06-15T04:09:47Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Are there really 17 people in the jury box? There were 12 jurors and 6 alternates, for a total of 18, sworn in. ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/39 "2010-06-15T05:56:05Z")
Oh! I think I see what the artist was going for; a funny Straight Dope thread! Check and mate 😉 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845/40 "2010-06-15T07:31:11Z")
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