A Matter of Justice
Short Story in dialogue.19 total reviews
Comment from Lovinia
Hi Mikey
Congratulations on your win. Well told in fine dash form. Justice isn't always done. Sheesh, couldn't they have waited for the DNA results?? That's bureaucracy for you ..... slow as a wet puddle. so Randal did it ... I suppose he'll get a suspended sentence or five minutes in jail.
Oh well one more innocent bites the dust for injustice and ignorance .... we should be getting used to it by now. Not my fault .. everyone else did it.
Well done .. are you spectacular at all forms of writing? lol Huge hugs - Lovi xoxo
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Hi Mikey
Congratulations on your win. Well told in fine dash form. Justice isn't always done. Sheesh, couldn't they have waited for the DNA results?? That's bureaucracy for you ..... slow as a wet puddle. so Randal did it ... I suppose he'll get a suspended sentence or five minutes in jail.
Oh well one more innocent bites the dust for injustice and ignorance .... we should be getting used to it by now. Not my fault .. everyone else did it.
Well done .. are you spectacular at all forms of writing? lol Huge hugs - Lovi xoxo
Comment Written 21-Oct-2014
Comment from Selina Stambi
Fabulously well done, Mikey!
Dean sent me to check out the win, and I wasn't at all disappointed.
Congratulations!
Sonali
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Fabulously well done, Mikey!
Dean sent me to check out the win, and I wasn't at all disappointed.
Congratulations!
Sonali
Comment Written 19-Oct-2014
Comment from Michaelk
That would majorly suck. To go to your grave not only innocent, but innocent and telling them the whole time who really did it. Then to have to pay for that crime you didn't commit. Wow.
Excellent story. So very well told, as you always do. You deserved to win. Great job.
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That would majorly suck. To go to your grave not only innocent, but innocent and telling them the whole time who really did it. Then to have to pay for that crime you didn't commit. Wow.
Excellent story. So very well told, as you always do. You deserved to win. Great job.
Comment Written 19-Oct-2014
Comment from mjac777
What a tragic story - and all in 100 words.
Sounds like he needed Barry Sheck of the Innocence Project.
This work makes us all rethink the US Justice System.
Glad you told this - it was much needed.
Well done.
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What a tragic story - and all in 100 words.
Sounds like he needed Barry Sheck of the Innocence Project.
This work makes us all rethink the US Justice System.
Glad you told this - it was much needed.
Well done.
Comment Written 18-Oct-2014
Comment from Scarlet T
Very good! These really short stories are tricky but you're writing was very smooth and allowed the dialogue to flow very quickly and naturally. Good luck to you.
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Very good! These really short stories are tricky but you're writing was very smooth and allowed the dialogue to flow very quickly and naturally. Good luck to you.
Comment Written 18-Oct-2014
Comment from country ranch writer
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME PEOPLE ALWAYS JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS*******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
reply by the author on 18-Oct-2014
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HAPPENS ALL THE TIME PEOPLE ALWAYS JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS*******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Comment Written 18-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 18-Oct-2014
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Yep. It does happen way too often. You have that right!!
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S M I L E
Comment from mauial
I think this would have been a great flash fiction if you had the dna results at the end to prove the innocence. The impact at the end would have been forceful. The way you laid it out, the ending was no surprise, like a good flash fiction should be.
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reply by the author on 18-Oct-2014
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I think this would have been a great flash fiction if you had the dna results at the end to prove the innocence. The impact at the end would have been forceful. The way you laid it out, the ending was no surprise, like a good flash fiction should be.
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Comment Written 18-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 18-Oct-2014
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Interesting take I suppose. The focus of the story was the reactions of the characters to their involvement in a miscarriage of justice and the efficacy of the death penalty as an answer to crime. Having the DNA results at the end wouldn't be a surprise in my opinion. But, good input. Thanks for reading!
Comment from GeraldS
This is maybe the best of these short pieces which I have read. It didn't feel sketchy and it didn't seem contrived. This was a well conceived and well written entry.
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This is maybe the best of these short pieces which I have read. It didn't feel sketchy and it didn't seem contrived. This was a well conceived and well written entry.
Comment Written 18-Oct-2014
Comment from nelliesellie
I love the picture. I love the story. It is the worse nightmare of the legal system. They killed a innocent man. They had plenty of warning, but they ignored it. We need to get rid of the Death sentence. It costs too much. We can hold twenty men in prisons for what it cost to kill one man. No innocent will die. Great work.
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I love the picture. I love the story. It is the worse nightmare of the legal system. They killed a innocent man. They had plenty of warning, but they ignored it. We need to get rid of the Death sentence. It costs too much. We can hold twenty men in prisons for what it cost to kill one man. No innocent will die. Great work.
Comment Written 18-Oct-2014
Comment from dennis0530
How sad; a tragic end to a mistaken identity.
I see Linda and John as two agents responsible for the conviction. How these two carried their guilt feelings is only to be wondered at. That they should have asked for DNA testing before the execution is a late consideration.
What a waste that an innocent man dies by mistake. Just another collateral damage victim of a failed justice sytem.
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How sad; a tragic end to a mistaken identity.
I see Linda and John as two agents responsible for the conviction. How these two carried their guilt feelings is only to be wondered at. That they should have asked for DNA testing before the execution is a late consideration.
What a waste that an innocent man dies by mistake. Just another collateral damage victim of a failed justice sytem.
Comment Written 18-Oct-2014