Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20180117002657/@comment-24152851-20180121052410

Dragonfly82 wrote: TheFlashIsBitchin&#039; wrote: Dragonfly82 wrote:

Xandermcc wrote:

TheFlashIsBitchin&#039; wrote: Xandermcc wrote: TheFlashIsBitchin&#039; wrote: Xandermcc wrote: TheFlashIsBitchin&#039; wrote: Xandermcc wrote: TheFlashIsBitchin&#039; wrote: Xandermcc wrote: Even if you are the Flash, you can't just say to the Court that a dead man is evil and is currently walking in another body. Nobody is going to listen to that. Well after what Central City has been seeing during the past 4 or so years (metahumans, other earths etc.) I dont think this would be especially weird, and I think most of the jury members would actually think Barry is telling the truth, and definetely if he told and showed them he's the flash. So just because he is the Flash and weird things are happening in the city, evidence goes out the window?

Let me tell you what would happen if Barry revealed his identity in front of the court and said all of this.

Barry: Now your honor, i was really framed by Clifford DeVoe.

Prosecutor: Clifford DeVoe is dead.

Barry: He isn't. He is now inside the body of Dominic Lanse. I have this photo of them kissing to prove it.

Judge: Do you actually have any further evidence to back up your claims?

Barry: Well no... Yes sure evidednce wouldn't go in Barry's favor, but at pretty much the same time as the final sentencing, captain Singh was giving the flash the award of valor (not sure if I spelled it correctly but you know what I mean) and was also saying how much the flash gave to Central City, and how much pain he went through to save everyone. The Flash also murdering someone in cold blood on the same day doesn't really bode well for him though. He might have some time off of his sentence, but it isn't worth it when his identity is revealed to every villain that he has ever caught. Yes but we and the court know that had Barry as the flash could hide the body somewhere where no scavenger could find it, if he really did murder DeVoe. Plus, if they knew he was the flash, they know he would have been able to get out of his loft before the police broke in, but he didn't, which in my opinion further proves his innocence. The court would just see a man who did the right thing in turning himself in after killing him. He literally has no evidence he was framed. The security break at his loft could be explained by the court as Clifford trying to get in to speak to Barry and then Barry returned to murder him. Yes, that's true, but why would he turn himself in, and then, throughout the whole trial, try to persuade the judge and jury that he is innocent, and didn't kill anyone. You could say he changed his mind, but that would be very stupid. If someone killed a person, and turned himself in because he feels bad about it, I don't think they would so soon feel better about it. Many criminals use Barry's tactics to try to get our of jailtime and have actually murdered people. So that is why we are careful in the justice system about people who say "I'm innocent, i never killed anyone". Why are you so negative? There could be a Season 5. Maybe they will do a time travel or get a Clifford Devoe from a Earth. I agree, but how will they get the other DeVoe (provided there is one that looks like the Earth 1 DeVoe) to say what they need him to say, and as for time travel, that would practically be a solution to every problem in every show ever, but Barry won't use it because of the Speed Force forbidding it, the Dominators and the post Flashpoint problems.

The Other Devoe does not need to be paralyzed he can just sit in a wheelchair. Caitlin and Cisco pretended to be Killer Frost and Revert. Barry got convicted because the court is unable to see past normality for this case, unable to see there's metahumans and sci-fi involved. To them it's just a simple murder with nothing else to it. Which is one of the reasons why Iris wanted to tell everyone he's the Flash.

Plus, how would they get an alternate DeVoe to cooperate and agree to testify? They'd be better off having Cisco make a Devoe hologram or something.