suddenly we by Evie Shockley

Author:Evie Shockley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2023-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

jury duty

almost no one ever goes to trial. nearly all criminal cases [97%]

are resolved through plea bargaining.

—michelle alexander

let us go and make our visit.

—t. s. eliot

no one wants to be there. many of us glitter

like the sea in sunshine, shedding sweat

or tears at the mere thought of a criminal

court. such proximity to police, to cuffs

and charges. to be trapped playing a role

in some tragedy, condemner uncomfortably

close to the condemned. many others think

instantly of opportunity costs: time is money.

who can afford to spend three-to-five days’

worth listening to the lawyers coming and

going through the oceans of files, talking

of boys who were no angels? no. to serve is

a right and our duty, each to each—but

the potential juror peers into the courtroom

as if it were quarantined for the plague.

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