False Imprisonment For Contest

She looked at his face as he raped her Making sure she remembered all When it was time to go to court She watched as the jail sentence fell He cried in court, I am innocent No way would I do such a crime But the court didn’t believe him Put him away for a long time Seems memories are a bad thing In times when you’r not well This man was innocent of the crime Wasn’t him at all. Mistakes are made quite innocently Luckily he has forgiven her For spending 11 years behind bars When he knew that he shouldn’t be there Said, one day I knew I would be rescued From this life of pain Knowing that you are innocent Can drive a man insane. “Live, forgive and keep moving on” are Ronalds motto Not an easy task When your back is against the wall Justice is all you ask. Now they speak out together Public speaking about rape and distress And the error of the eyewitness When the victim’s life is a mess Ronald Cotton received a life sentence which was revoked upon DNA evidence, 11 years later.