Hungry Thoughts

Would you confess to a crime that you did not commit?

I have to admit "The Confession Tapes" have pulled several heart strings of mine and I am left feeling quite strongly about these people's innocence.

Some may say the story is one sided and it is intended to be so but at the same time, I can relate to their experiences both from my own and also, from my family's experience.

How many times have I given in to an argument to keep peace?

And how many times have the law enforcement tried to persuade my family into taking the "get out of jail free" card by admitting to doing something that they have not done?

We fight so hard for justice and fairness but some people can be so hard headed into proving others to be guilty even when they are not. And it is so easy to take what the media says as gospel. "Reporting" all sides of the matter when really, it has in certain circumstances been focused on a particular angle. When it can be all taken out of context.

It has shown me that an almost naive resilience is required in these circumstances. Hours and hours of grueling cross-examination. You need to really believe that there is always another way out even if the law tells you otherwise.

I feel jibbed. In my family's circumstance, had they maintained their position, they may have been punished for attempting to be resilient and in trying to tell their side of the story. In trying to do the right thing.

It pushes me more to do the right thing. And enable others to do the same.

Now the question is what is truly right?