It Doesn'T Pay

Don't do the crime 
if you can't do the time. 
It takes a lot of money in bail 
to keep arrested folks out of jail. 
Justice is blind, but can be severe. 
Crime never pays over here.

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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