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Tony Press
Third Strike
When they ask
why I no longer practice law
When they praise me for
becoming a teacher, for
leaving “all that money” to
work in “one of those under-performing schools”
When they wonder what
criminal defense was really like
I recall a client
who was sentenced, with me by his side,
35 years to Life
(may apply for parole only after 29.75 years)
for selling
seven dollars worth of crack cocaine
to a cop
It’s been nineteen years
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