I'm Alice and I'm Brett and this is the prosecutor's legal police. Oh, Welcome back to the prosecutor's legal briefs. I'm your host Alice and I'm

joined as always by my canonical co-host Brett.

Alice, I love how appropriate your descriptors are.

You know, I just try and come up with random words to describe you.

But yours are always on point and man.

Well, Brett, how often in life can I use the word canonical to describe you

when today is like the day we law nerd out

and get to talk about cannons of construction?

You have to use canonical.

It just comes to you.

It's the way it should be.

The fact that anyone listens this podcast

is shocking.

I don't know that anyone does.

Oh well, this might be the end of it.

People may listen to this episode and be like, what am I doing?

Why am I doing this?

Because today, as Alice said, we are going to talk about interpreting statutes, which is about the nerdiest thing ever but you know I mean also what could be more

important to be totally honest right right? That's true.

Because we all talk about, oh, what law did they violate?

You know, what does the law say?

We've talked about the elements you have to prove and what is reasonable doubt.

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