Why I Would Dislike Being On a Jury
Why I Would Dislike Being on a Jury
By Elton Camp
I hope that a member of a jury I’ll never be
Having to decide to say guilty or to go free
Though I suspect that’d be the defense dream
I realize things might not be what they seem
When a witness makes a positive identification
I will question the correctness of the affirmation
Though for the man, there should be no reason why
That the testimony is thought to be a deliberate lie
People sometimes look a very great deal the same
Often enough that it makes me suspect such a claim
A man I knew for years I saw sitting in an area café
It was him, under oath in court I would have to say
I even pointed my acquaintance, Ken, out to my wife
But when he rose and walked, I got the shock of my life
He was short and stout, certainly not muscular and tall
I could then clearly see that the man wasn’t Ken at all
My previous certainty sure did make me come to realize
That you can be tragically wrong, deceived by your eyes
If I’m never picked for a jury that will suit me very well
The responsibility would frighten me more than I can tell
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