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June 1, 2008

The witch is dead, but it wasn’t murder

Filed under: Kansas, Wicked Witch of the West — grapes2dot0 @ 6:10 pm

Dorothy GaleImage via Wikipedia

The jurors were not exactly her peers, however. Sixth-graders in Valley Glen argued the case of the County of Oz vs. Dorothy Gale, in which the Kansas farm girl was tried for the water-melting murder of the Wicked Witch of the West. Dorothy was found not guilty of premeditated murder.

Los Angeles Times

The case uis being discussed on alt.obituaries, where my submission, made on an amicus curae basis, was that Dorothy was the duly deputised agent of the chief magistrate for the jurisdiction of Oz, who killed the Wicked Witch of the West (WWW) as she was resisting arrest. Dorothy used reasonable force (some water) and could not reasonably have foreseen the result to be fatal.

But there were other, dissenting, opinions presented.

2 Comments »

  1. Don’t you find it a tad suspicious that, shortly before killing the WWW, this Dorothy Gale person, a pushy vagrant, also “accidentally” killed the Wicked Witch of the East [WWE], sister of the WWW?

    OK, they weren’t able to get any solid evidence about the murders, but I don’t blame the peeps of OZ one bit for deporting Gale… and her little dog, too!

    Hey, I’m just sayin’.

    Comment by Sylvia, the Supreme Ruler — June 12, 2008 @ 1:31 am | Reply

  2. Well that’s just ridiculous. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest Dorothy knew the WWW was allergic to water.

    Comment by Teacake — June 12, 2008 @ 2:25 pm | Reply


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