‘Mr Smith, will you please answer the question.’
‘What’s the point? Everyone in this room thinks I’m guilty. Including my own lawyer.’
‘And are you?’
‘No. I didn’t kill that poor woman; but I have no way of proving it. Can’t we just skip forward to the sentencing?’
‘You haven’t been convicted as yet.’
‘That’s only a matter of time. We’re just wasting tax-payers money.’
‘An innocent man would contest the charges.’
‘This innocent man has been, but nobody wants to listen. Can’t we just end this charade?’
‘This isn’t a charade, Mr Smith.’
‘It is from where I’m sitting.’
A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words.
I can see Smith's point, Rob. I'm sure that it must feel that way for a lot of people who are brought up on charges. You share his perspective really effectively here.
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