Justice For Sale? Poem by suzyanna Chevalier

When we get arrested we have to immediately
pay to get out…
We have to pay a lawyer to win without a doubt.
We are "guilty" until proven innocent
no matter what they say—
We have to pay with money or we won't see the light of day.
The defense attorney has to prove your innocence—
while the prosecuting attorney is on the other side of the fence.
Making money for the state by probation, or fines
is happening all the time.
We have to think up a better way
for the way the system of Justice is run in the present day.

Suzyanna on Wednesday, September 11,2013, Update July 2,2024