04-29-2017, 11:18 AM
Just and Neither
The crime of champerty and maintenance consists
of disinterested parties promoting
lawsuits, purchasing shares
in their proceeds.
Broadly speaking, every lawyer who advertises -
the plaintiff bar who practice law
for agreed contingent fees -
commits this crime.
Fomenting lawsuits with cool malice and on spec
devastates innocents, even malefactors
more than they can deserve
and flouts the law.
Cruel and unusual punishments are forbidden but
hot tar and feathers for those caught
committing champerty and maintenance
would be just and neither.
The crime of champerty and maintenance consists
of disinterested parties promoting
lawsuits, purchasing shares
in their proceeds.
Broadly speaking, every lawyer who advertises -
the plaintiff bar who practice law
for agreed contingent fees -
commits this crime.
Fomenting lawsuits with cool malice and on spec
devastates innocents, even malefactors
more than they can deserve
and flouts the law.
Cruel and unusual punishments are forbidden but
hot tar and feathers for those caught
committing champerty and maintenance
would be just and neither.
Non-practicing atheist