fade out into the stars

yesterday as i was on duty in legal aid...i was assigned with a case on mitigation as the accused intended to plead guilty today... and to make things more dramatic the case was in magistrate's court 2..the ever feared court ever...and when i woke up at 630 to pray i was like oh God..i was dreaming of doing mitigation last nite...

as i was waiting for my case to be called up..tuan mazdi seemed to be not in the mood because many accuseds who had already pleaded guilty before withdrew their gulity plea today when sentence was ready to be passed..and i was like..o'o...God please save me...when my case was called up...the accused pleaded guilty and when tuan asked on mitigation..i stood up and submitted on factors of mitigation and the part that made me wanna laugh after the case was done was, i remember me saying.."tuan, saya percaya bahawa okt telah bertaubat dan tidak akan mengulangi kesalahan ini"-pretty dramatic i guess...i submitted on the point of law supported by cases..and then i was done...one of the mitigating factors that i submitted to the court was, the accused had no previous conviction...the accused was charged under section 380 which carries max 10 years imprisonment and fine...

as the p.o closed the submission on mitigation, it was time for the magistrate to pass the sentence..the accused was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and i was quite surprised to hear that...before i went out of the court i had a glance at the accused and he nodded at me...i was so thrilled that i couldnt stop smiling...when kak nurul and kak ainul asked me on the sentence..they were like.."wo..tuan mazdi bagi 6 months ja..wah bagus2..."..what happened today taught me a good lesson...being a human i never escape from being judgmental towards the accused person..but one thing that we have to bear in mind..sometimes people do wrong things because they have to..because of poverty..because of immense needs...sometimes people do wrong things for the crime we have created on the society...we are too busy to fulfill our worldly desire that we forget our responsibility to the people who are in need...i guess the biggest crime that a state can commit to its citizen is to let them be on the bread line...the rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer..and then we punish them for the crime that we commit on them...now i understand why one of the companions used to suspend hudud punishment during the famine period...now that i understand what law is all about...and now i understand what reality we are living in....and now i understand what do i have to do to fulfill my obligation towards God....