Defending the hated - v2 #righttocounsel

Standing in the gap
defending the hated
suffering injustice,
a claim you are unfaithful
to our people, our nation.
 
Providing assistance,
representation, justice,
advocating for their rights
defending the hated
within our system of law.
 
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edited March 27, 2022

Defending the hated – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/defending-hated-v2.html

March 26, 2022

Defending the hated

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March 26, 2022

Zealous Representation

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#Defending the #hated

Standing in the gap
defending the hated
suffering injustice,
a claim you are unfaithful
to our people, our nation.
 
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March 26, 2022

Defending the hated

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/defending-hated.html

March 26, 2022

Zealous Representation

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/zealous-representation.html

 

poetry, Miranda, Alex Padilla, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Constitution, lawyer, court-appointed counsel, public defender, criminal law, life, liberty, representation, counsel,

 

#poetry #Miranda #Alex Padilla #JudgeKetanjiBrownJackson #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Constitution #lawyer #life #liberty #counsel #Zealous #Representation

 

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live. 

Zealous Representation

The right to counsel
trial by jury
the right to be silent
to life, liberty.
 
Zealous representation
the presumption of innocence
even the despised, the hated,
to protect all of us.
 
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March 26, 2022

Defending the hated

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/defending-hated.html

March 26, 2022

Zealous Representation

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/zealous-representation.html

 

poetry, Miranda, Alex Padilla, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Constitution, lawyer, court-appointed counsel, public defender, criminal law, life, liberty, representation, counsel,

 

#poetry #Miranda #Alex Padilla #JudgeKetanjiBrownJackson #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Constitution #lawyer

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Metal Doors

A singular sound,
a permanency, masculine certainty,
sudden heavy, final, unrelenting
the sound of authority, no free will
no choices any longer
submitting utterly to other wills
regimented steps, directed steps
in halting passage from point to point
Punctuated by the sound of
heavy metal doors
barring your path
sealed behind you, before you

November 3, 2006 20:50
The experience of walking inside the Hillsborough County
House of Corrections (Valley Street Jail)

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