The Jury Says Not Guilty

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The Jury Says Not Guilty

 

By Elton Camp

 

The little child had mysteriously disappeared

An obvious suspect then immediately appeared

When an investigator, to get information tries

Most of his questions are answered with lies

 

That the suspect had a motive was very clear

And when the crime was committed was near

Although nobody actually witnessed the wrong

Circumstantial evidence was especially strong

 

Then when the jury ultimately voted to acquit

The public in general began to have a big fit

At the decision, derisive laughter broke out

That it was wrong, few had the slightest doubt

 

But that isn’t the way the American justice works

Without proof it must free even those it thinks jerks

So at the jury the rest of us have no right to sneer

For we weren’t there the complete testimony to hear