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Foregone Conclusion

If no lawyers will take a case, Because lies they won't embrace How can they defend anyone When they know in advance what they have done If anyone is indefensible How can a Lawyer defend? Lawyers are not indispensable. Their careers can quickly end. It's a waste of time and money, To take a guilty man to court. It can cause more corruption, Especially if a Lawyer can be bought, As some can, And the lies told free a guilty man It seems a foregone conclusion, When a person is as guilty as can be. That they go to prison Or plead insanity.

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Rico Leffanta

Date: 7/27/2021 11:54:00 AM

What is more absurd than surveillance cameras recording a crime/murder and the perpetrator claiming, "Not Guilty"?

Shirley Hawkins
Date: 7/27/2021 5:44:00 PM

Waste of time and money putting the cameras in. Too many bare faced liars.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/26/2021 8:26:00 PM

This is why they have to LIE to their lawyers, Shirley. "How can they defend anyone When they know in advance what they have done"

Shirley Hawkins
Date: 7/27/2021 5:49:00 PM

Too many bare faced liars. And too many people accept money for lying without thinking about the consequences ...

L Milton Hankins

Date: 7/26/2021 7:53:00 PM

I understand where you are coming from, Shirley, and you have written a very thought-provoking poem on the subject. Thanks.

Shirley Hawkins
Date: 7/27/2021 5:50:00 PM

Thank you, Milt.