Aug 9, 2011

The importance of the second paragraph

Best opening sentence of a religion news story this week comes from Nova Scotia:
"A 31-year old man who asked a judge to address him as Jesus Christ in court has been convicted of assaulting and threatening to kill his ex-wife and assaulting his two-year-old daughter."
Wow.

Then comes paragraph two:
"The case was unusual because Dalton Cornelius Jones represented himself in court."
Um ...

There's some more information at the Herald Chronicle.

1 comment:

  1. Wow. That packs a lot of punch. Weird that you posted this as I've been blogging back and forth with Mark Perkins about some of our favorite first lines in books.

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