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We regret to inform you If it pleases the court We enter a plea of guilty on all counts Failure to obtain happiness Failure to find the light Failure to find humanity Failure to find hope Failure to see laughter Failure to be Failure, failure, failure So be it the court accepts your plea We the court of your conscience We the court of your very being We the court inside your mind Hereby sentence you to Death Has the defendant anything to say? I repeat, has the defendant anything to say? Slumped in the chair of exposed misery Nothing more or left to say

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 9/11/2016 8:44:00 PM
I like this one Arthur. Too bad we don't have courts like this. but the misery they create is largely their own punishment now and forever. I love what tim said to you below. wish I could chat!! I still have not figured out how to do it and by the time i would figure it out, my hubbie would be home wanting dinner. haha
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Date: 9/11/2016 8:03:00 PM
Luckily the death penalty has been outlawed in Canada...your sentence has been commuted by President Trump...lol
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Date: 9/11/2016 7:07:00 PM
no black cap needed for this prisoner....Seren
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Date: 9/11/2016 5:21:00 PM
oh guess he doesn't have much chance of a reprieve then Arthur! love the image you found - it is quite beautiful but haunting:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 9/11/2016 5:07:00 PM
bailiff escort the defendant to the morgue ... sad but good in our sense of humor way. hugs
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