Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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Looks like this guy needs a shrink.
Kansas Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’ in Iowa Court to Settle Custody Dispute
A Kansas man has requested that an Iowa court grant his motion for a “trial by combat” to settle a custody dispute with his ex-wife and her attorney on the battlefield. David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas, has cited in court documents that his ex-wife, Bridgette Ostrom, 38, of Harlan, Iowa, has “destroyed (him) legally,” the Des Moines Register reported Monday. The Carroll Times-Herald reported that Ostrom filed a request with the Iowa District Court in Shelby County to give him 12 weeks to source or forge Japanese swords used in battle. “To this day, trial by combat has never been explicitly banned or restricted as a right in these United States,” Ostrom argues in court records, adding that it was used “as recently as 1818 in British Court.” Ostrom told the Register that he got the idea for the duel after he learned about a 2016 New York Supreme Court case in which New York Supreme Court Justice Philip Minardo said that duels had not been abolished under state law. Ostrom said the motion began when he became frustrated with his ex-wife’s attorney, Matthew Hudson, saying he wanted to take the fight to “the field of battle where (he) will rend their souls from their corporal bodies.” Hudson filed a resistance to Ostrom’s trial by combat motion by doing a little spelling check. “Surely (Ostrom) meant ‘corporeal’ bodies which Merriam Webster defines as having, consisting of, or relating to, a physical material body,” the attorney wrote. “Although (Ostrom) and potential combatant do have souls to be rended, they respectfully request that the court not order this done.” Hudson argued that a duel could end in one or both parties dying, which could outweigh custody and property tax issues. “It should be noted that just because the U.S. and Iowa constitutions do not specifically prohibit battling another person with a deadly katana sword, it does prohibit a court sitting in equity from ordering same,” Hudson wrote. The Iowa attorney also asked that the court take away Ostrom’s visitation rights and make him undergo court-ordered psychotherapy. Ostrom later admitted to misspelling the word but argued that he did not have any mental health issues. The court has not made a decision on either party’s motions. In modern times, the right to trial by combat has been struck down in other courts around the world. In a 2003 case in the United Kingdom, a court ruled against a man who wished to invoke a trial by combat to settle a £25 fine for a minor motor vehicle offense, the Telegraph reported.
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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Ostrom said the motion began when he became frustrated with his ex-wife’s attorney, Matthew Hudson, saying he wanted to take the fight to “the field of battle where (he) will rend their souls But I thought he was challenging the attorney? Sorry James...
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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ooooh--Trial by Conibear for game law violations-110-660 depending on the severity of the crime. the meds work but aren't perfect.
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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Japanese swords...Not very American or traditional. Now pistols at dawn, yes definitely pistols at dawn. With HBO pay per view. Imagine the money to be made....maybe on an offshore casino boat. Make it a prime time event and 10 paces. 330 sports beating is legal here. I think there's now 5 casinos here that take bets.
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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this is all around sad for the kid
if the man is that into Japanese culture he should be provided a Seppuku (suicide sword) in a holding cell so he may "Honorably" bow out.
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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How about another sand bar duel with bowie knives !
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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ooooh--Trial by Conibear for game law violations-110-660 depending on the severity of the crime. the meds work but aren't perfect. Slapping someone with a 330 would definitely have an effect. Keith
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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Amusing story. But "katana sword" is redundant. "Katana" means sword.
And seppuku is not a sword; it's the act of killing oneself by slitting open the belly.
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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i bet requesting trial by combat will convince that judge to make her move back to paola so he can see his kids
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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ooooh--Trial by Conibear for game law violations-110-660 depending on the severity of the crime. the meds work but aren't perfect. Make it a game. Put all sizes on wheel and make 'em spin for their fate.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. -Gustav Mahler
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Re: Man Requests ‘Trial by Combat’
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Trial by combat-with a starving grizzly bear. ex-wife,same difference.
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