Guilty Until Innocent
Fifteen-year-old Marcus Dawson sat in the courtroom, his hands trembling in the cuffs that bound him. His heart raced as the judge's gavel came down with finality. “Marcus Dawson, you....
Fifteen-year-old Marcus Dawson sat in the courtroom, his hands trembling in the cuffs that bound him. His heart raced as the judge's gavel came down with finality. “Marcus Dawson, you are hereby found guilty of second-degree murder. You are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.” The room spun. He couldn’t breathe. His mother’s muffled sobs echoed in his ears, but Marcus couldn’t turn to face her. All he could see was the face of the man he had killed. The world didn’t care that it was done out of self-defence. The system only saw a young fifteen-year-old boy from the wrong side of town and the murder of a man. To know more, listen to "Guilty Until Innocent", only on Pocket FM.