Witness or not...?

[GunnyMack]

I found this on Fox News site, thought it was kind of humorous and at the same time a sad thing.

Michigan woman gets life in prison for murder parrot allegedly witnessed
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/29/mi ... essed.html

[piller]

Sounds like the Parrot was a witness. As smart as most parrots are, it was probably pretty traumatized by the situation and is replaying it verbally to try to handle the emotional overload.

[gamekeeper]

Well I guess if you are ever begging for your life, keep repeating the name of your attacker, just in case there's a parrot nearby...

[marlinman93]

Hope Polly got a cracker for his testimony!

[jeepnik]

A parrot as a witness. I had a friend with a parrot. If you said where's the kitty, the bird called the cat. I took care of the bird for a month and whenever I said Where's the kitty I continued the kitty's dead. Boy did I catch it from his wife when they got home. Parrots parrot. They do not know what they are saying and cannot bear witness, even if they understood what that meant.

[44shooter]

The title of the article is misleading. The article goes on to say the prosecution team was not allowed to use the bird's vocals. She was convicted anyway. I do believe the parrot is repeating what he heard as a tramautic event he witnessed though.

[FWiedner]

If the bird can stand up to cross-examination, it's testimony should be allowed.

If it cannot, the prosecuting attorney should be dis-barred.