Man arrested after picking a fight with his pet parrot on a Michigan street

Man arrested after picking fight with pet parrot

Mich. man sent to prison for 15 years gets new trial after jury didn’t take oath to be honest

No oath _ no conviction, Mich. court says

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A Michigan man sent to prison for 15 years is getting a new trial after the judge failed to do a routine procedure — ask the jury to take an oath.

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." - Albert Einstein