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Courtroom Decisions

Young…content…seemingly innocent… With family…and friends…where is their ends…? He is now hunted…for a crime committed…? On the run…no pun…a gun...is it any fun…? At large…what’s the charge…Sarge…? Possession…looting, or shooting…with intent… Murder, of Inc.…homicide…who decide...? Think…no blinks…it may stink… The evidence…from whence…? The questions…the fury…the jury… The details…they’re gory…what is the story…? With judgment destined…innocence assigned… The reality…it’s filthy…“until proven guilty” …? The suspect…any respect…? The news…the views…the false…the truths… Plenty of assortments…the system’s intent… To seek justice, for all...whose call…? One better stand tall…is it money…is it the lawyers…or the foyers…? Background…race…colour…who will they devour…? Facts or lies…maybe assumptions …what are the intentions…? Legal aid…will it fade…what is the grade…? The innocent…the guilty…the decisions…in revisions… Some free…some punished…some fabricated…some just…is it a must…? The plan…to flee…who will agree...? Will it be you…me…him…or she…? So poor…of the ghetto…sub-educated…not yet rated… My gods…what are the odds…? Of being branded…to be landed…in a cell…to hell…? How random…this is no condom…? Can it burst…before it gets worst…? The numbers…the chances…for justice… Life without parole…no stroll…for any man…young…or old… The electric chair…the accompanying fear… To die…for the truth…or a lie… The courtroom…the zoom…the happiness…the gloom… Body language…this is no sandwich… The twisting’s of speeches…how far are their reaches…? The attacks…any lacks in their facts…? Interpreting the laws…any human flaws…? Assessments of the press…sobriety or zest…? As the trial drags…with instances of lags… The verdict is near…the defendant’s stare…will the decision be fair…? Prepare…

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Date: 1/24/2016 9:46:00 AM
I here the judges' hammer as I read. Order in the court. Well done.
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