Best District Attorney Poems

“Your honor, after consulting with the District Attorney, we have agreed to a plea bargain agreement. The father, mother and sisters of the victim have...

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I don't look at the judge. I just look at the jury.
I don't look at the defendant or the defendant's attorney,
nor will I look a...

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Your Honor, I Object

By Elton Camp

Lawyer Louie caters to a special clientele 
Only those who are rich and guilty as hell
And, in exchange for his...

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Each week, viewers of the television saw
what was an over-dramatization of the practice of law.
His intensive questioning got many to confess.
The guilty would often break...

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Something happened to me a few years ago that was really bizarre.
I was arrested for drinking and driving but I've never owned a car.
I thought...

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Cape highway, speeding, the radio full blast,
pitch black with only his headlights to flare
on the pavement, it's slick, there's been a light shower,
hazardous drive but...

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Their long arm of his law standing about peering at her child
Destitutes public pretender having fully cooperated with the states
Aspiring district attorney this peoples hopeful...

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Cape highway, speeding, the radio full blast,
pitch black with only his headlights to flare
on the pavement, it's slick, there's been a light shower,
hazardous drive but...

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'News' may simply be
an acronym,
North, East, West, South,
Space-time continuum

Headlines capture minds—
Imagine the water cooler buzz
if the front-page news was:
"A Plague of Grackles!"
"A Murder of Crows!"
"A...

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What happened to me was unjust and unfair.
I was framed for murder and I got the chair.
But I was able to return from the grave.
I...

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...inspired by BOTH movies!


Cape highway, speeding, the radio full blast,
pitch black with only his headlights to flare
on the pavement, it's slick, for there's been a...

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The New Waterboarding

The district attorney was seeking
Volunteers for a forensic test
To help in his case of a bad guy
Who he said had drowned his wife...

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I will not kill the two men who raped you.
What you're asking is something I can't do.
I know that you've been through a terrifying ordeal.
But...

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“Dead man walking”, echoed through the halls,
As he passed by others who will join him soon.
He sees the witnesses outside the glass wall,
While he’s seated...

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Cape highway, speeding, the radio full blast,
pitch black with only his headlights to flare
on the pavement, it's slick, there's been a light shower,
hazardous drive but...

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