JUSTICE in a long hiatus

At a Rape Case Trial

Judge: This court requests the accused to stand up. Defendant is hereby requested to stand up.

The accused stood up, a senior citizen, using a cane to support his fragile body.

(People whispering behind backs, looking for the defendant.)

After a few minutes, a young woman stood up.

Judge: Are you the accused?

Accused: Yes, your Honor.

Judge: Are you the defendant?

Young Woman: No, your Honor, it was my grandmother who was raped by the accused. My mother is the fruit of that unfortunate event, and soon after, Mother bore a child and it was me.

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Three generations, and it was only then that JUSTICE was given. This is how the Justice System here in our country operates. It is sad to know that the Department of (In)Justice functions at a turtle pace, one which can be fully condemned by the people involved in such a case. Considering my little knowledge of the Philippine Law, it is those trying times that we can fully nag and curse our Justice System, the Supreme Court and other agencies involved in granting us justice for the long delay.

Now, there's this Drug Bribery Case being tried by the Sandiganbayan, I don't know how long they will end this noise, the defendants and the PDEA are into this, and God only knows who among them is telling the truth. Trial by Publicity, as many people call it now because those involved are those in the upperclass society, those who are socialites in Alabang are involved. Even prosecutors and lawyers were said to be bribed to give freedom to the Alabang Boys. Whatever is true, how long will this last?

Remember the Bobby Dacer case, Nida Blanca Murder Case, the Fertilizer Scam, the ZTE Deals, these are but cases that are not yet resolved, even if years and years have passed. I pity those innocent lives in jail who cry out for JUSTICE.

I guess, that's just it. When will justice be served? How long will the intelligent people dwell on their cases, sleep on them like pillows.

Being a low-class law student, I cannot let this matter be, decide now or perish. It is hard I know, but the mind must always win over the heart. You ask for JUSTICE? It's in the gut feel, and the evidences always speak.

So where is JUSTICE now, you may ask.

She is in love, and is in a long hiatus. You are expected to wait, no matter how long.