I Say

I say the accused is not guilty,

I say the accused has committed no crime,

I say to my fellow jurors to not make haste,

I say to my fellow jurors to not waste time.

Every murder has a motive,

Every murder has a place,

This crime was done much different,

This crime has no trace.

There is no evidence,

There is no DNA,

We have but one option,

We have but one role to play.

This person is innocent until proven not,

This person is innocent until guilty found,

We have to deliberate carefully,

We have to deliberate with minds sound.

It happened on Tuesday,

It happened at night,

But no one saw it at the park,

But no one saw the gruesome fight.

The coroner said the victim fought til the end,

The coroner said that the attacker also would have bled,

The police report indicated that our defendant was untouched,

The police report indicated that others turned their head.

The defense plead with us to listen to the facts,

The defense gave a shaky alibi with some regret,

The prosecutor lunged on to that little nook,

The prosecutor focused on that little fret.

The evidence is circumstanstial at best,

The evidence simply hasn't held up with time,

The testimonies are simply a jest,

The testimonies don't match to the crime.

The defendant unharmed went to a bar,

The defendant unharmed drowned their night's sorrows glass by glass,

Unhurried and uninjured they snuck back to their bed to get some rest,

Unhurried and uninjured they layed down to the quiet sound of whispering grass.

The murder weapon was a gun fired several times,

The murder weapon has yet to be found,

But you would have this man arrested for one bad day,

But you would have this man headed toward the gallows bound.

I urge you fellows in the court of law,

I urge you fellows in the juror box,

Let us review the evidence once more,

Let us review a crime most unorthodox.

I will stand firm that they are innocent until the very end,

I will stand firm that the evidence does not show a connection,

For if they are the culprit who raped and killed their friend,

How do you explain their documented inability to gain an erection?